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1 #!/bin/sh
2 # nohup -- run a command immume to hangups, with output to a non-tty
3 # Copyright (C) 1991, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
6 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
7 # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
8 # any later version.
10 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
13 # GNU General Public License for more details.
15 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
16 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
17 # Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
19 # Written by David MacKenzie <djm@gnu.ai.mit.edu>.
21 usage="Usage: $0 COMMAND [ARG]...
22 or: $0 OPTION"
24 usage_try="
25 Try \`$0 --help' for more information."
27 usage_help="Run COMMAND, ignoring hangup signals.
29 --help display this help and exit
30 --version output version information and exit
32 Report bugs to <@PACKAGE_BUGREPORT@>."
34 if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
35 echo >&2 "$usage"
36 echo >&2 "$usage_try"
37 exit 127
40 fail=0
41 case $# in
42 1 )
43 case "z${1}" in
44 z--help )
45 echo "$usage" || fail=127; echo "$usage_help" || fail=127
46 exit $fail;;
47 z--version )
48 echo "nohup (@GNU_PACKAGE@) @VERSION@" || fail=127
49 exit $fail;;
50 * ) ;;
51 esac
53 * ) ;;
54 esac
56 trap "" 1
58 # Redirect stdout if the user didn't already do it.
59 if [ -t 1 ]; then
60 oldmask=`umask`; umask 077
61 # If we cannot write to the current directory, use the home directory.
62 if exec >> nohup.out; then
63 echo "nohup: appending output to \`nohup.out'" >&2
64 elif exec >> "$HOME/nohup.out"; then
65 echo "nohup: appending output to \`$HOME/nohup.out'" >&2
66 else
67 echo "nohup: cannot append to either \`nohup.out' or \`$HOME/nohup.out'" \
68 >&2
69 exit 127
71 umask $oldmask
74 # Redirect stderr if the user didn't already do it.
75 if [ -t 2 ]; then
76 exec 2>&1
79 exec "$@"