SETSID
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: July 2014
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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 <
jrs@world.std.com>
SEE ALSO
setsid(2)
AVAILABILITY
The setsid command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.