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SETSID(1)                                           User Commands                                           SETSID(1)



NAME
       setsid - run a program in a new session

SYNOPSIS
       setsid program [arg...]

DESCRIPTION
       setsid runs a program in a new session.

OPTIONS
       -c, --ctty
              Set the controlling terminal to the current one.

SEE ALSO
       setsid(2)

AUTHOR
       Rick Sladkey <[email protected]>

AVAILABILITY
       The   setsid   command   is   part   of   the   util-linux   package  and  is  available  from  ftp://ftp.ker‐
       nel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.



util-linux                                          November 1993                                           SETSID(1)