


      NOHUP(1)                    (UNIX 5.0)                   NOHUP(1)



      NAME
           nohup - run a command immune to hangups and quits

      SYNTAX
           nohup command [ arguments ]

      DESCRIPTION
           Nohup executes command with hangups and quits ignored.  If
           output is not re-directed by the user, it will be sent to
           nohup.out.  If nohup.out is not writable in the current
           directory, output is redirected to nohup.out in the user's
           home directory ($HOME/nohup.out).

      EXAMPLE
           To execute a command in the background that will not be
           terminated if the user logs off:

               nohup command &


      SEE ALSO
           nice(1), signal(2).

































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