nohup(C)                        19 June 1992                        nohup(C)


 Name

    nohup - run a command immune to hangups and quits

 Syntax

    nohup command [ arguments ]

 Description

    The nohup command executes command with hangups and quits ignored.  If
    output is not redirected by the user, it will be sent to nohup.out.  If
    the user does not have write permission in the current directory, output
    is redirected to $HOME/nohup.out.

 Note

    The nohup(C) standalone program is used by the bourne shell sh.  The
    other shells have built in nohup commands which behave slightly dif-
    ferently. For further details see csh(C) and ksh(C) repsectively.

 See also

    nice(C), signal(S)

 Standards conformance

    nohup is conformant with:

    AT&T SVID Issue 2;
    and X/Open Portability Guide, Issue 3, 1989.