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35 .Nd run detached from the controlling terminal
39 .Ar command arguments ...
43 utility detaches itself from the controlling terminal and
44 executes the program specified by its arguments.
46 The options are as follows:
47 .Bl -tag -width indent
49 Change the current working directory to the root
52 Redirect standard input, standard output and standard error to
58 utility exits 1 if an error is returned by the
60 library routine, otherwise 0.
61 If the command cannot be executed, an error message is displayed on
62 standard error unless the
73 utility first appeared in