posix_setsid()

posix_setsid()

function posix_setsid(): int

Creates a new session and makes the current process its leader.

Parameters: none.

Returns: int

Availability

• Compiled (AOT): supported on the three executable/release hosts (macOS ARM64, Linux ARM64, and Linux x86_64); calls are refused at compile time for iOS library targets.
• eval() (magician interpreter): supported — declarative interpreter builtin (crates/elephc-magician/src/interpreter/builtins/pcntl/posix_setsid.rs).

No examples yet — check examples/ and showcases/ for usage patterns.

Internals

For how posix_setsid is implemented in the compiler, see the internals page.