.TH NOHUP 1 .SH NAME nohup \- run a command immune to hangups and quits .SH SYNOPSIS .B nohup command [ arguments ] .SH DESCRIPTION .I Nohup\^ executes .I command\^ with hangups and quits ignored. If output is not re-directed by the user, it will be sent to .BR nohup.out . If .B nohup.out is not writable in the current directory, output is redirected to .BR \s-1$HOME\s+1/nohup.out . .SH "SEE ALSO" nice(1), signal(2). .\" @(#)nohup.1 5.2 of 5/18/82