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Application Usage
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IEEE/The Open Group 2017 GETPGID(3POSIX)
Description
The getpgid() function shall return the process group ID of the process whose process ID is equal to pid.
If pid is equal to 0, getpgid() shall return the process group ID of the calling process.
Errors
The getpgid() function shall fail if:
EPERM The process whose process ID is equal to pid is not in the same session as the calling process,
and the implementation does not allow access to the process group ID of that process from the
calling process.
ESRCH There is no process with a process ID equal to pid.
The getpgid() function may fail if:
EINVAL The value of the pid argument is invalid.
Thefollowingsectionsareinformative.Examples
None.
Future Directions
None.
Name
getpgid — get the process group ID for a process
Prolog
This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface
may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface
may not be implemented on Linux.
Rationale
None.
Return Value
Upon successful completion, getpgid() shall return a process group ID. Otherwise, it shall return
(pid_t)-1 and set errno to indicate the error.
See Also
exec, fork(), getpgrp(), getpid(), getsid(), setpgid(), setsid()
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, <unistd.h>Synopsis
#include <unistd.h>
pid_t getpgid(pid_t pid);
