NAME¶

setsid - run a program in a new session

SYNOPSIS¶

setsid program [argument...]

DESCRIPTION¶

setsid runs a program in a new session.

OPTIONS¶

-c, --ctty

Set the controlling terminal to the current one.

-w, --wait

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

SEE ALSO¶

setsid(2)

AUTHOR¶

Rick Sladkey <jrs@world.std.com>

AVAILABILITY¶

The setsid command is part of the util-linux package and is available from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.