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SETSID
Section: User Commands (1)Updated: July 2014
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NAME
setsid - run a program in a new sessionSYNOPSIS
setsid [options] program [arguments]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.
- -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/.