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NAME

       setsid - run a program in a new session

SYNOPSIS

       setsid program [arg...]

DESCRIPTION

       setsid runs a program in a new session.

SEE ALSO

       setsid(2)

AUTHOR

       Rick Sladkey <jrs@world.std.com>

AVAILABILITY

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