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SETSID(1) User Commands SETSID(1)

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

Set the controlling terminal to the current one.
Always create a new process.
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.

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/.

July 2014 util-linux