nohup1
Run a command immune to hangups, with output to a non-tty
Usage
nohup COMMAND
[ARG] ...
nohup OPTION
Overview
Run COMMAND, ignoring hangup signals.
-
--help -
display this help and exit
-
--version -
output version information and exit
If standard input is a terminal, redirect it from an unreadable file. If standard output is a terminal, append output to 'nohup.out' if possible, '$HOME/nohup.out' otherwise. If standard error is a terminal, redirect it to standard output. To save output to FILE, use 'nohup COMMAND > FILE'.
Your shell may have its own version of nohup, which usually supersedes the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation for details about the options it supports.
Exit status:
125
|
if the nohup command itself fails |
|---|---|
126
|
if COMMAND is found but cannot be invoked |
127
|
if COMMAND cannot be found |
-
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the exit status of COMMAND otherwise |
Releases
19 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 15 times.