File setctsid.8 of Package util-linux.29049

.\" Rick Sladkey <jrs@world.std.com>
.\" In the public domain.
.\" Path modifications by faith@cs.unc.edu
.TH SETCTSID 8 "12 April 1999" "Linux 2.2" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
setctsid \- run a program in a new session and tty
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B setctsid
.RB [ -f ]
.I /dev/<tty>
.I program
.RB [ args... ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B setctsid
runs a program in a new session with a new controlling terminal
.IR /dev/<tty> .
The
.B -f
option causes
.B setctsid
to run the program in a new process.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR setsid (2)
.SH AUTHORS
Rick Sladkey <jrs@world.std.com>, Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>