NAME

runsession - run a program in a new session/process group

SYNOPSIS

runsession [-hV] program [ args ... ]

DESCRIPTION

runsession sets up a new session and process group with setsid(2), then runs program with any additional args.

If program does not contain a ``/'' slash character, runsession will perform a shell-like search for the executable using the PATH variable in the current environment.

OPTIONS

-h

Help. Print a brief usage message to stderr and exit.

-V

Version. Print the version number to stderr and exit.

EXIT STATUS

runsession exits with one of the following values:

0

program was invoked and completed successfully. In this case, the exit code is returned by the program, rather than by runsession itself.

100

runsession failed because of a usage error, such as an invalid command-line option or argument. In this case, runsession prints a brief error message and usage help to stderr on exit.

111

runsession failed due to some system or resource error. In this case, runsession prints a brief diagnostic message to stderr on exit.

1-127

program was invoked and failed with its own non-zero exit status.

AUTHOR

Wayne Marshall, http://b0llix.net/perp/

SEE ALSO

runtools_intro(8), runargs(8), runargv0(8), runchoom(8), rundetach(8), rundeux(8), runenv(8), runfile(8), runlimit(8), runlock(8), runpause(8), runtool(8), runtrap(8), runuid(8)