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[coreutils.git] / src / nohup.sh
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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 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 # Make sure we get GNU nice, if possible; also allow
22 # it to be somewhere else in PATH if not installed yet.
23 PATH=@bindir@:$PATH
25 usage="Usage: $0 COMMAND [ARG]...
26 or: $0 OPTION"
28 usage_try="
29 Try \`$0 --help' for more information."
31 usage_help="Run COMMAND, ignoring hangup signals.
33 --help display this help and exit
34 --version output version information and exit"
36 if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
37 echo >&2 "$usage"
38 echo >&2 "$usage_try"
39 exit 1
42 case $# in
43 1 )
44 case "z${1}" in
45 z--help )
46 echo "$usage"; echo "$usage_help"; exit 0 ;;
47 z--version )
48 echo "nohup - @PKG_VERSION@"; exit 0 ;;
49 * ) ;;
50 esac
52 * ) ;;
53 esac
55 trap "" 1
56 oldmask=`umask`; umask 077
57 # Only redirect the output if the user didn't already do it.
58 if [ -t 1 ]; then
59 # If we cannot write to the current directory, use the home directory.
60 if cat /dev/null >> nohup.out; then
61 echo "nohup: appending output to \`nohup.out'" 2>&1
62 umask $oldmask
63 exec nice -5 -- "$@" >> nohup.out 2>&1
64 else
65 cat /dev/null >> $HOME/nohup.out
66 echo "nohup: appending output to \`$HOME/nohup.out'" 2>&1
67 umask $oldmask
68 exec nice -5 -- "$@" >> $HOME/nohup.out 2>&1
70 else
71 umask $oldmask
72 exec nice -5 -- "$@"