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.Dd August 12, 2019
.Dt DTCH 1
.Os
.
.Sh NAME
.Nm dtch
.Nd detached sessions
.
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl s
.Ar name
.Op Ar command ...
.Nm
.Fl a
.Ar name
.
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
spawns a
.Ar command
in a detachable session.
If no
.Ar command
is given,
the value of
.Ev SHELL
is used.
The
.Nm
process
should be run as a background job
or with
.Xr nohup 1 .
.
.Pp
To attach to an existing session,
pass the
.Fl a
flag.
To detach from the session,
type
.Ic ^Q .
.
.Pp
The arguments are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl a
Attach to an existing session.
.It Fl s
Sink the output of
.Ar command
while detached.
.El
.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Pa ~/.dtch
Directory of UNIX-domain sockets
for each session.
.El
.
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Bd -literal -offset indent
dtch foo vim &
dtch -a foo
.Ed