setsid is not working, giving error

Question

I want to run a script as a process. so running below command,

setsid test.sh > test.log &

But giving error as below,

setsid: failed to execute test.sh: No such file or directory

Whats wrong here? I have test.sh file with execute permission in current location.

does test.sh file have execute permissions for test.sh ? (ls -l test.sh should tell you) If it doesn't use chmod +x test.sh to give one. — Prabhakar Lad, Jan 11 '18 at 14:20
Yes it has execute permission. -rwxrwxrwx 1 nitesh nitesh 15 Jan 11 13:49 test.sh — Chintamani Manjare, Jan 11 '18 at 14:28
does it have execute permission for the same user for which you are trying ? — Prabhakar Lad, Jan 11 '18 at 14:29

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 11 '18 at 14:31

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Just as if you were running it without setsid you need to tell it to execute with a complete path.

setsid ./test.sh > test.log &

answered Jan 11 '18 at 14:31

Zan Lynx

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