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GETSID(2) Linux Programmer's Manual GETSID(2) NAME
getsid - get session ID SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h> pid_t getsid(pid_t pid); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): getsid(): _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 || _XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED || /* Since glibc 2.12: */ _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L DESCRIPTION
getsid(0) returns the session ID of the calling process. getsid(p) returns the session ID of the process with process ID p. (The session ID of a process is the process group ID of the session leader.) RETURN VALUE
On success, a session ID is returned. On error, (pid_t) -1 will be returned, and errno is set appropriately. ERRORS
EPERM A process with process ID p exists, but it is not in the same session as the calling process, and the implementation considers this an error. ESRCH No process with process ID p was found. VERSIONS
This system call is available on Linux since version 2.0. CONFORMING TO
SVr4, POSIX.1-2001. NOTES
Linux does not return EPERM. SEE ALSO
getpgid(2), setsid(2), credentials(7) COLOPHON
This page is part of release 3.44 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/. Linux 2010-09-26 GETSID(2)
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GETSID(2) Linux Programmer's Manual GETSID(2) NAME
getsid - get session ID SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h> pid_t getsid(pid_t pid); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): getsid(): _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 || _XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED || /* Since glibc 2.12: */ _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L DESCRIPTION
getsid(0) returns the session ID of the calling process. getsid(p) returns the session ID of the process with process ID p. (The session ID of a process is the process group ID of the session leader.) RETURN VALUE
On success, a session ID is returned. On error, (pid_t) -1 will be returned, and errno is set appropriately. ERRORS
EPERM A process with process ID p exists, but it is not in the same session as the calling process, and the implementation considers this an error. ESRCH No process with process ID p was found. VERSIONS
This system call is available on Linux since version 2.0. CONFORMING TO
SVr4, POSIX.1-2001. NOTES
Linux does not return EPERM. SEE ALSO
getpgid(2), setsid(2), credentials(7) COLOPHON
This page is part of release 3.53 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/. Linux 2010-09-26 GETSID(2)