The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6
IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition
Copyright © 2001-2003 The IEEE and The Open Group, All Rights reserved.

NAME

getpgid - get the process group ID for a process

SYNOPSIS

[XSI] [Option Start] #include <unistd.h>

pid_t getpgid(pid_t pid); [Option End]

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.

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.

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.
The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

exec() , fork() , getpgrp() , getpid() , getsid() , setpgid() , setsid() , the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <unistd.h>

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 4, Version 2.

Issue 5

Moved from X/OPEN UNIX extension to BASE.

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