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SETSID

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 2021-06-02
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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 status of this program as the exit status of setsid.

-V, --version

Display version information and exit.

-h, --help

Display help text and exit.
 

AUTHORS

 

SEE ALSO

setsid(2)  

REPORTING BUGS

For bug reports, use the issue tracker at <https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues>.  

AVAILABILITY

The setsid command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.


 

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NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
AUTHORS
SEE ALSO
REPORTING BUGS
AVAILABILITY

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