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diff --git a/sys-utils/setsid.1 b/sys-utils/setsid.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..64f0555 --- /dev/null +++ b/sys-utils/setsid.1 @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +.\" 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. The command calls +.BR 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 \fB\-\-fork\fR option. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.BR \-c , " \-\-ctty" +Set the controlling terminal to the current one. +.TP +.BR \-f , " \-\-fork" +Always create a new process. +.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 +https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/. |