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daemon(8)		  BSD System Manager's Manual		     daemon(8)

NAME
     daemon - run detached from the controlling terminal

SYNOPSIS
     daemon [-cf] command arguments ...

DESCRIPTION
     The daemon utility detaches itself from the controlling terminal and
     exec(3)'s	the program specified by its arguments.

     The options are as follows:

     -c	     Change the current working directory to the root (``/'').

     -f	     Redirect standard input, standard output and standard error to
	     /dev/null.

     The daemon utility exits 1 if an error is returned by the daemon(3) li-
     brary routine, otherwise 0.  If the command cannot be exec'd, an error
     message is displayed on standard error unless the -f flag is specified.

SEE ALSO
     daemon(3),	 termios(4),  tty(4).

3rd Berkeley Distribution	August 14, 1996				     1

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