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2.4 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Berkeley Software Design, Inc. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. Berkeley Software Design Inc's name may not be used to endorse or
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.\" promote products derived from this software without specific prior
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.\" written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY BERKELEY SOFTWARE DESIGN INC ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL BERKELEY SOFTWARE DESIGN INC BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd August 30, 2001
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.Dt DAEMON 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm daemon
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.Nd run detached from the controlling terminal
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl cf
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.Ar command arguments ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility detaches itself from the controlling terminal and
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executes the program specified by its arguments.
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl c
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Change the current working directory to the root
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.Pq Dq Pa / .
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.It Fl f
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Redirect standard input, standard output and standard error to
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.Pa /dev/null .
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.El
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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The
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.Nm
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utility exits 1 if an error is returned by the
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.Xr daemon 3
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library routine, otherwise 0.
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If the command cannot be executed, an error message is displayed on
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standard error unless the
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.Fl f
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flag is specified.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr daemon 3 ,
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.Xr exec 3 ,
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.Xr termios 4 ,
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.Xr tty 4
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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utility first appeared in
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.Fx 5.0 .
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