dtach | Updated version of Ned T. Crigler 's wonderful dtach utility

dtach is a C library. dtach has no bugs, it has no vulnerabilities, it has a Strong Copyleft License and it has low support. You can download it from GitHub.

dtach is a program written in c that emulates the detach feature of screen, which allows a program to be executed in an environment that is protected from the controlling terminal. for instance, the program under the control of dtach would not be affected by the terminal being disconnected for some reason. dtach was written because screen did not adequately meet my needs; i did not need screen's extra features, such as support for multiple terminals or terminal emulation support. screen was also too big, bulky, and had source code that was difficult to understand. screen also interfered with my use of full-screen applications such as emacs and ircii, due to its excessive interpretation of the stream between the program and the attached terminals. dtach does not have a terminal emulation layer, and passes the