NAME

zaptty − run a program without a controlling terminal. 

SYNOPSIS

zaptty command

DESCRIPTION

Zaptty will disassociate itself from it’s controlling terminal, and then exec the specified command.  This is useful for re-starting daemons that have died for some reason, and don’t want to be associated with any terminal when they are re-started. 

Zaptty is restricted to the superuser. 

SEE ALSO

zaptty(2), nohup(1)