setsid - run a program in a new session

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS  AUTHORS  SEE ALSO  REPORTING BUGS  AVAILABILITY 

NAME

setsid − run a program in a new session

SYNOPSIS

setsid [options] program [arguments]

DESCRIPTION

setsid runs a program in a new session. The command calls fork(2) if already a process group leader. Otherwise, it executes a program in the current process. This default behavior is possible to override by the −−fork option.

OPTIONS

−c, −−ctty

Set the controlling terminal to the current one.

−f, −−fork

Always create a new process.

−w, −−wait

Wait for the execution of the program to end, and return the exit status of this program as the exit status of setsid.

−V, −−version

Display version information and exit.

−h, −−help

Display help text and exit.

AUTHORS

Rick Sladkey <[email protected]>

SEE ALSO

setsid(2)

REPORTING BUGS

For bug reports, use the issue tracker at <https://github.com/util−linux/util−linux/issues>.

AVAILABILITY

The setsid command is part of the util−linux package which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util−linux/>.


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