02-12-2014
thanks sea...i am new to this unix world..so trying to learn the actual difference between the foreground and background process.
Now i have clear idea about it..thanks for the information and knowledge
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tcgetsid
tcgetsid(3C) tcgetsid(3C)
NAME
tcgetsid() - get terminal session ID
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
The function returns the value of the session ID of the foreground process associated with the terminal referenced by fildes. is allowed
from a process that is a member of a background process group (see termio(7)).
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, returns the value of the session ID of the foreground process associated with the terminal referenced by
fildes. Otherwise, returns a value of and sets to indicate the error.
ERRORS
If the function fails, it sets (see errno(2)) to one of the following values:
[EACCES] The file associated with fildes is the controlling terminal of the calling process; however, there is no foreground
process group defined for the controlling terminal.
[EBADF] fildes is not a valid file descriptor.
[ENOTTY] The file associated with fildes is not the controlling terminal or the calling process does not have a controlling
terminal.
SEE ALSO
getsid(2), setsid(2), tcgetpgrp(3C), thread_safety(5).
tcgetsid(3C)