how to get the ID of a process executed via setsid

Question

I\'m planning to control some programs (like a media player and a shell) via a webapp, since the webpage die everytime the user visits it, I decided that the webapp will ope

Answer 1

You still need to background the process with &, otherwise it'll be running in the foreground blocking the following lines from even attempting to execute.

setsid bash -i fifoout 2>&1 &
kill $!