Talk:Nohup
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[edit] fetchmail
Isn't nohup in that fetchmail example superfluous since -d actually makes it a real daemon? 70.82.141.92
- Yes, because fetchmail registers its own signal handler for SIGHUP – this is mentioned in the man page. nohup is only useful when the default signal handler would otherwise be used, terminating the process. — Lee J Haywood 21:15, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
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- Well, not only that; the main difference is that fetchmail -d already is a DAEMON, so it won't get any SIGHUP automatically because it'll detach from the controlling terminal and run in its own session (calls setsid(2)). This is different from how nohup(1) works. 70.82.141.92 02:35, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] weirdness
ANd here's some extra nohup weirdness. 70.82.141.92
[edit] manpage link
The manpage link seems to be broken 190.138.237.70 (talk) 19:50, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
