Manpages - setsid.1

setsid - run a program in a new session

setsid [options] program [/arguments/]

setsid runs a program in a new session. The command calls *fork*(2) if already a process group leader. Otherwise, it executes a program in the current process. This default behavior is possible to override by the –fork option.

-c, –ctty

Set the controlling terminal to the current one.

-f, –fork

Always create a new process.

-w, –wait

Wait for the execution of the program to end, and return the exit status of this program as the exit status of setsid.

-V, –version

Display version information and exit.

-h, –help

Display help text and exit.

*setsid*(2)

For bug reports, use the issue tracker at <https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues>.

The setsid command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.