.Dd September 7, 2018
.Dt DTCH 1
.Os
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.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
.Po
by default,
the value of
.Ev SHELL
.Pc
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 ENVIRONMENT
.Bl -tag -width "SHELL"
.It Ev HOME
Location of
.Pa .dtch
directory for UNIX-domain sockets.
.It Ev SHELL
The default command to run,
or
.Pa /bin/sh
if unset.
.El
.
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Bd -literal -offset indent
dtch foo vim &
atch foo
.Ed
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.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr nohup 1 ,
.Xr screen 1 ,
.Xr forkpty 3