NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     daemon -- run detached from the controlling terminal

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     daemon [-cf] command arguments ...

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The daemon utility detaches itself from the controlling terminal and executes
 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.

DIAGNOSTICS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     daemon(3), exec(3), termios(4), tty(4)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The daemon utility first appeared in FreeBSD 4.7.


FreeBSD 5.2.1			August 30, 2001 		 FreeBSD 5.2.1