x11r4 man page for setsid

Query: setsid

OS: x11r4

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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.
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. -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/. util-linux July 2014 SETSID(1)
Related Man Pages
setsid(2) - opensolaris
setsid(2) - debian
setsid(2) - freebsd
setsid(2) - suse
setsid(2) - opendarwin
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