sys-utils/setsid.1

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   4 .TH SETSID 1 "July 2014" "util-linux" "User Commands"
   5 .SH NAME
   6 setsid \- run a program in a new session
   7 .SH SYNOPSIS
   8 .B setsid
   9 .I program
  10 .RI [ argument ...]
  11 .SH DESCRIPTION
  12 .B setsid
  13 runs a program in a new session.
  14 .SH OPTIONS
  15 .TP
  16 .BR \-c , " \-\-ctty"
  17 Set the controlling terminal to the current one.
  18 .TP
  19 .BR \-w , " \-\-wait"
  20 Wait for the execution of the program to end, and return the exit value of
  21 this program as the return value of
  22 .BR setsid .
  23 .SH "SEE ALSO"
  24 .BR setsid (2)
  25 .SH AUTHOR
  26 Rick Sladkey <jrs@world.std.com>
  27 .SH AVAILABILITY
  28 The setsid command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
  29 ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.