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 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/.