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NOHUP(1)		    General Commands Manual		      NOHUP(1)

NAME
       nohup --	invoke a utility immune	to hangups

SYNOPSIS
       nohup [--] utility [arguments]

DESCRIPTION
       The  nohup  utility invokes utility with	its arguments and at this time
       sets the	signal SIGHUP to be ignored.  If the standard output is	a ter-
       minal, 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.

       Some shells may provide a builtin nohup command	which  is  similar  or
       identical to this utility.  Consult the builtin(1) manual page.

ENVIRONMENT
       The following variables are utilized by nohup:

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

       PATH  Used to locate the	requested utility if the name contains no  `/'
	     characters.

EXIT STATUS
       The nohup utility exits 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 will	be that	of utility.

SEE ALSO
       builtin(1), csh(1), timeout(1), signal(3), daemon(8)

STANDARDS
       The nohup utility is expected to	be IEEE	Std 1003.2 ("POSIX.2") compat-
       ible.

BUGS
       Two or more instances of	nohup can append to the	same file, which makes
       for a confusing output.

FreeBSD	13.2			 June 26, 2023			      NOHUP(1)

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