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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2007-04-28 20:47:29 +0200 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2007-04-28 20:48:36 +0200 |
| commit | 60f3c362f51500cc6e9b5dbcd5ff4dfd3fcd914e (patch) | |
| tree | 493b5c5d4ffc31d91c5da35da360a2c610e9d3c1 /doc | |
| parent | cebbc9ee6d8ccbda75701bd6eadab3dec3a0ef57 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-60f3c362f51500cc6e9b5dbcd5ff4dfd3fcd914e.tar.xz | |
* src/nohup.c (usage): Describe how standard input and output are redirected.
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diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index ca00a842d..80d2f0971 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2007-04-28 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + * coreutils.texi (nohup invocation): Add advice about saving + output to a file. + 2007-04-16 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> * coreutils.texi (cut invocation): Adjust synopsis to show that an diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index e1c5f5172..c535dad58 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -13441,6 +13441,14 @@ However, if standard output is closed, standard error terminal output is instead appended to the file @file{nohup.out} or @file{$HOME/nohup.out} as above. +To capture the command's output to a file other than @file{nohup.out} +you can redirect it. For example, to capture the output of +@command{make}: + +@example +nohup make > make.log +@end example + @command{nohup} does not automatically put the command it runs in the background; you must do that explicitly, by ending the command line with an @samp{&}. Also, @command{nohup} does not alter the |