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+/* Copyright (C) 1991, 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+Library General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If
+not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
+Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
+
+#include <ansidecl.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+/* Create a new session with the calling process as its leader.
+ The process group IDs of the session and the calling process
+ are set to the process ID of the calling process, which is returned. */
+int
+DEFUN_VOID(__setsid)
+{
+ pid_t pid = getpid ();
+ int tty;
+ int save = errno;
+
+ if (__getpgrp (pid) == pid)
+ {
+ /* Already the leader. */
+ errno = EPERM;
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ if (setpgid (pid, pid) < 0)
+ return -1;
+
+ tty = open ("/dev/tty", 0);
+ if (tty < 0)
+ {
+ errno = save;
+ return 0;
+ }
+ (void) __ioctl (tty, TIOCNOTTY, 0);
+ (void) __close (tty);
+
+ errno = save;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+weak_alias (__setsid, setsid)