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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/.


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