.\" Rick Sladkey <jrs@world.std.com>
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.TH SETSID 1 "20 November 1993" "Linux 0.99" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
setsid \- run a program in a new session
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B setsid
.I program
.RI [ arg ...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B setsid
runs a program in a new session.
.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-ng package and is available from
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/.