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SETSID

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 202-1-15
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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

REPORTING BUGS

For bug reports, use the https://github.com/uti-linux/uti-linux/issues <L>issue tracker

AVAILABILITY

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