| .\" Rick Sladkey <jrs@world.std.com> |
| .\" In the public domain. |
| .TH SETSID 1 "July 2014" "util-linux" "User Commands" |
| .SH NAME |
| setsid \- run a program in a new session |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B setsid |
| [options] |
| .I program |
| .RI [ arguments ] |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .B setsid |
| runs a program in a new session. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| .TP |
| .BR \-c , " \-\-ctty" |
| Set the controlling terminal to the current one. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-w , " \-\-wait" |
| Wait for the execution of the program to end, and return the exit value of |
| this program as the return value of |
| .BR setsid . |
| .TP |
| .BR \-V , " \-\-version" |
| Display version information and exit. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-h , " \-\-help" |
| Display help text and exit. |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .BR setsid (2) |
| .SH AUTHOR |
| Rick Sladkey <jrs@world.std.com> |
| .SH AVAILABILITY |
| The setsid command is part of the util-linux package and is available from |
| ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/. |
