NAME

nohup − run a command immune to hangups

SYNOPSIS

nohup command [arguments]

DESCRIPTION

nohup executes command with hangups, quits, and interrupts all ignored.  If the user does not specifically direct the output from a command, the output is directed to the file nohup.out in the current directory.  If the current directory is not writeable, the output is redirected to $HOME/nohup.out. 

EXAMPLE

The following nohup call:

nohup  nroff -ms  docsfile | lpr

runs the nroff command shown, immune to hangups, quits, and interrupts. 

SEE ALSO

nice(1), signal(1)

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