setsid
creates a session and sets the process group ID
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
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/.
SEE ALSO
setsid(2)
