setsid

run a program in a new session

Synopsis

setsid program [arg...]

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examples

source

            
  setsid redshift -l 36.7532:119.6970 -m vidmode

source

            
  cd ../antlr


  /usr/bin/setsid make run &


  echo Daemon Running

description

setsid runs a program in a new session.

availability

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

see also

setsid

author

Rick Sladkey <jrs[:at:]world.std[:dot:]com>