.Dd September 7, 2018
.Dt DTCH 1
.Os "Causal Agency"
.Sh NAME
.Nm dtch ,
.Nm atch
.Nd detached sessions
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Ar name
.Op Ar "command ..."
.Nm atch
.Op Ar name
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
spawns the
.Ar command
(by default, the user's shell)
inside a new PTY.
It then lends control of the detached PTY to
.Nm atch
over a UNIX-domain socket.
.Nm
should be run as a background job or with
.Xr nohup 1 .
.Pp
.Nm atch
attaches to the
.Nm
session with the corresponding
.Ar name .
To detach from a session, type
.Ic ^Q .
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag
.It Pa ~/.dtch
Location of UNIX-domain sockets for each session.
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Dl dtch foo vim &
.Dl atch foo
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr nohup 1 ,
.Xr screen 1 ,
.Xr forkpty 3