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NOHUP(1)                  BSD General Commands Manual                 NOHUP(1)

NAME
     nohup -- invoke a command immune to hangups

SYNOPSIS
     nohup utility [arg ...]

DESCRIPTION
     The nohup utility invokes command with its arguments and at this time sets the signal SIGHUP to be
     ignored.  If the standard output is a terminal, the standard output is appended to the file nohup.out
     in the current directory.  If standard error is a terminal, it is directed to the same place as the
     standard output.

ENVIRONMENT
     The following variable is utilized by nohup.

     HOME  If the output file nohup.out cannot be created in the current directory, the nohup utility uses
           the directory named by HOME to create the file.

DIAGNOSTICS
     The nohup utility shall exit with one of the following values:

     126     The utility was found but could not be invoked.

     127     The utility could not be found or an error occurred in nohup.

     Otherwise, the exit status of nohup shall be that of utility.

SEE ALSO
     signal(3)

STANDARDS
     The nohup command is expected to be IEEE Std 1003.2 (``POSIX.2'') compatible.

BSD                              June 6, 1993                              BSD