2 .\" $DragonFly: src/bin/notty/notty.1,v 1.3 2008/06/24 21:13:26 thomas 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
20 The following options are available:
21 .Bl -tag -width indent
32 command was originally written in 1994 by Matthew Dillon to provide
33 a convenient shortcut for detaching programs.