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.