TTYDETACH(1)

NAME
ttydetach - run program without a controlling tty

SYNOPSIS

ttydetach {subprogram} {args...}

DESCRIPTION

ttydetach eliminates its controlling tty, removes any TTY variable from the environment, and runs subprogram.

On POSIX systems, ttydetach must not be a process group leader.

HISTORY

ttydetach was originally part of Daniel J. Bernstein's ptyget toolset in 1996.

AUTHOR

Original code and documentation by Daniel J. Bernstein. Documentation modernizations by Jonathan de Boyne Pollard.