Section 1 · User commands
setpgid.1
Package: util-linux
SETPGID
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
AUTHORS
SEE ALSO
REPORTING BUGS
AVAILABILITY
NAME
setpgid − run a program in a new process group
SYNOPSIS
setpgid [options] program [arguments]
DESCRIPTION
setpgid runs a program in a new process group.
OPTIONS
−f, −−foreground
Make the new process group the foreground process group of the controlling terminal if there is a controlling terminal.
−h, −−help
Display help text and exit.
−V, −−version
Print version and exit.
AUTHORS
Daan De Meyer <daan.j.demeyer@gmail.com>
SEE ALSO
setpgid(2)
REPORTING BUGS
For bug reports, use the issue tracker at <https://github.com/util−linux/util−linux/issues>.
AVAILABILITY
The setpgid command is part of the util−linux package which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util−linux/>.