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setsid

run a program in a new session

setsid [options] program [arguments]

setsid runs a program in a new session.

Set the controlling terminal to the current one.
Wait for the execution of the program to end, and return the exit value of this program as the return value of setsid.
Display version information and exit.
Display help text and exit.

setsid(2)

Rick Sladkey <jrs@world.std.com>

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