linux man page for setsid

SETSID(1)						     Linux Programmer's Manual							 SETSID(1)

NAME
       setsid - run a program in a new session

SYNOPSIS
       setsid program [arg...]

DESCRIPTION
       setsid runs a program in a new session.

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/.

Linux 0.99							 20 November 1993							 SETSID(1)