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📝 NAME

setsid - run a program in a new session

🚀 Quick Reference

Use Case	Command	Description
Run program in a new session (default)	setsid program [arguments]	🏁 Executes program in a new session, detaching from the current terminal.
Always fork a new child process	setsid -f program [arguments]	🔄 Forces creation of a new process even if the current process is not a group leader.
Wait for program completion	setsid -w program [arguments]	⏳ Runs program and waits for it to finish, returning its exit status.
Set controlling terminal	setsid -c program [arguments]	🔌 Makes the current terminal the controlling terminal of the new session.

📋 SYNOPSIS

setsid [options] program [arguments]

📖 DESCRIPTION

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.

⚙️ OPTIONS

🔌 -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.

ℹ️ -V, --version

Display version information and exit.

❓ -h, --help

Display help text and exit.

👤 AUTHORS

Rick Sladkey <jrs AT world.com>

📚 SEE ALSO

setsid(2)

🐛 REPORTING BUGS

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

📦 AVAILABILITY

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/>.

util-linux 2.37.2 2021-06-02 SETSID(1)

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