## NAME

setsid - run a program in a new session

## SYNOPSIS

setsid program

## DESCRIPTION

setsid runs a program in a new session.

## OPTIONS

-c, --cttySet the controlling terminal to the current one.

-w, --waitWait 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/.