SYNOPSIS

setsid [options] program [arguments]

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.

-V, --version

Display version information and exit.

-h, --help

Display help text and exit.

AUTHOR

Rick Sladkey <[email protected]>

AVAILABILITY

The setsid command is part of the util-linux package and is available from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.