2 .\" $DragonFly: src/bin/notty/notty.1,v 1.2 2008/05/31 12:04:15 swildner Exp $
8 .Nd Execute a program in the background, detached from the controlling terminal
12 .Ar command Ar args...
16 utility will detach the specified command from the controlling terminal,
17 running it in the background. By default stdin, stdout, and stderr are
18 set to /dev/null. One or more of stdin, stdout, or stderr may be left
19 open by specifying the appropriate options.
23 command was originally written in 1994 by Matthew Dillon to provide
24 a convenient shortcut for detaching programs.