SETSID(1)                        User Commands                       SETSID(1)



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/.



util-linux                         July 2014                         SETSID(1)
