method

setsid

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setsid() public

Establishes this process as a new session and process group leader, with no controlling tty. Returns the session id. Not available on all platforms.

   Process.setsid   #=> 27422

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/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     Process.setsid   => fixnum
 *
 *  Establishes this process as a new session and process group
 *  leader, with no controlling tty. Returns the session id. Not
 *  available on all platforms.
 *
 *     Process.setsid   #=> 27422
 */

static VALUE
proc_setsid()
{
#if defined(HAVE_SETSID)
    int pid;

    rb_secure(2);
    pid = setsid();
    if (pid < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
    return INT2FIX(pid);
#elif defined(HAVE_SETPGRP) && defined(TIOCNOTTY)
  rb_pid_t pid;
  int ret;

  rb_secure(2);
  pid = getpid();
#if defined(SETPGRP_VOID)
  ret = setpgrp();
  /* If `pid_t setpgrp(void)' is equivalent to setsid(),
     `ret' will be the same value as `pid', and following open() will fail.
     In Linux, `int setpgrp(void)' is equivalent to setpgid(0, 0). */
#else
  ret = setpgrp(0, pid);
#endif
  if (ret == -1) rb_sys_fail(0);

  if ((fd = open("/dev/tty", O_RDWR)) >= 0) {
    ioctl(fd, TIOCNOTTY, NULL);
    close(fd);
  }
  return INT2FIX(pid);
#else
    rb_notimplement();
#endif
}

setsid

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