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.

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.

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/.


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