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35 .Nd run detached from the controlling terminal
40 .Ar command arguments ...
44 utility detaches itself from the controlling terminal and
45 executes the program specified by its arguments.
47 The options are as follows:
48 .Bl -tag -width indent
50 Change the current working directory to the root
53 Redirect standard input, standard output and standard error to
56 Write the ID of the created process into the
58 Note, that the file will be created shortly before the process is
59 actually executed, and will remain after the process exits (although
60 it will be removed if the execution fails).
65 utility exits 1 if an error is returned by the
67 library routine, 2 if the pid-file is requested, but can not be opened,
68 otherwise it will return 0.
69 If the command cannot be executed, an error message is displayed on
70 standard error unless the
81 utility first appeared in