setsid - set process to session leader

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SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

setsid executes command after altering the execution environment such that the next non-controlling terminal opened will be assigned as command's controlling terminal.

OPTIONS

-b

Alteration to the execution environment persists across calls to fork.2v

The -b option puts the process into a state that is supported in SunOS Release 4.1 solely as a migration aid; this option will not be supported in future releases.

EXAMPLES

Components of two SunLink products, /usr/sunlink/dni/dnilogind (the DECNET analog of rlogind.8c and /usr/sunlink/x25/x29 (the OSI analog of rlogind), are known to need this wrapper. Typical usage is:

example%  cd /usr/sunlink/dni
example%  mv dnilogind .dnilogind
example%  cat > dnilogind
#!/bin/sh
/usr/etc/setsid -b /usr/sunlink/dni/.dnilogind "$@"
^D
example%  chmod +x dnilogind

SEE ALSO

IEEE Std 1003.1-1988

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