setsid(8)

setsid(8) Run a program in a new session

Usage
Overview
Releases
See also
Referred to by

setsid8

Run a program in a new session

setsid(1) setsid(8) setsid(2) setsid(2freebsd) setsid(3p)

Usage

setsid program [arg ...]

Overview

setsid runs a program in a new session.

Releases

Unchanged in 8 releases since Debian 1.2 (Rex).

1.2–4.0

See also

setsid(2) creates a session and sets the process group ID

Referred to by

blindtty(1) Run command in a detached terminal ngetty(8) daemon for virtual console terminals ngetty-argv(8) daemon for virtual console terminals ngetty-helper(8) daemon for virtual console terminals

Author

Rick Sladkey <[email protected]>

From util-linux 2.12r-19etch1 in Debian 4.0 (Etch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.

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