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SETSID

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 <jrs@world.std.com>

SEE ALSO

setsid (2)

REPORTING BUGS

For bug reports, use the issue tracker <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/>.