bionic (1) setsid.1.gz

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.

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.

       -V, --version
              Display version information and exit.

       -h, --help
              Display help text and exit.

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
       https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.