SETSID
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: July 2014
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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/.
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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