From a022cf63299787e5223a94de0c76143c653bb313 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 12:17:42 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Change behavior to conform to POSIX 1003.1-2001: - Do not adjust scheduling priority. - Redirects stderr to stdout, if stderr is not a terminal. - Exit status is now 126 if command was found but not invoked, 127 if nohup failed or if command was not found. --- doc/coreutils.texi | 22 +++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 1477886816..a759448a3b 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -10935,10 +10935,8 @@ nohup @var{command} [@var{arg}]@dots{} @end example @flindex nohup.out -@command{nohup} increases the scheduling priority of @var{command} by 5, so -it has a slightly smaller chance to run. If standard output is a terminal, -it and standard error are redirected so that they are appended to the -file @file{nohup.out}; if that cannot be written to, they are appended +If standard output is a terminal, it is redirected so that it is appended +to the file @file{nohup.out}; if that cannot be written to, it is appended to the file @file{$HOME/nohup.out}. If that cannot be written to, the command is not run. @@ -10947,13 +10945,27 @@ If @command{nohup} creates either @file{nohup.out} or access permissions. It does not change the permissions if the output file already existed. +If standard error is a terminal, it is redirected to the same file +descriptor as the standard output. + @command{nohup} does not automatically put the command it runs in the background; you must do that explicitly, by ending the command line -with an @samp{&}. +with an @samp{&}. Also, @command{nohup} does not change the +scheduling priority of @var{command}; use @command{nice} for that, +e.g., @samp{nohup nice @var{command}}. The only options are @option{--help} and @option{--version}. @xref{Common options}. +@cindex exit status of @command{nohup} +Exit status: + +@display +126 if @var{command} was found but could not be invoked +127 if @command{nohup} itself failed or if @var{command} could not be found +the exit status of @var{command} otherwise +@end display + @node su invocation @section @command{su}: Run a command with substitute user and group id -- 2.47.3