SETSID(1)                                    User Commands                                   SETSID(1)

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 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.ker‐
       nel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.

util-linux                                     July 2014                                     SETSID(1)