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TCGETSID(3)						   BSD Library Functions Manual 					       TCGETSID(3)

NAME
tcgetsid -- get session ID associated with a controlling terminal LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc) SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h> #include <termios.h> pid_t tcgetsid(int fd); DESCRIPTION
The tcgetsid() function returns the process group ID of the session leader for a controlling terminal specified by fd. ERRORS
If an error occurs, tcgetsid() returns -1 and the global variable errno is set to indicate the error, as follows: [EBADF] The fd argument is not a valid file descriptor. [ENOTTY] The calling process does not have a controlling terminal or the underlying terminal device represented by fd is not the controlling terminal. SEE ALSO
getsid(2), setsid(2), tcgetpgrp(3), tcsetsid(3) STANDARDS
The tcgetsid() function conforms to X/Open Portability Guide Issue 4, Version 2 (``XPG4.2''). BSD
April 15, 2008 BSD

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TCGETSID(3)						     Linux Programmer's Manual						       TCGETSID(3)

NAME
tcgetsid - get session ID SYNOPSIS
#define _XOPEN_SOURCE 500 #include <termios.h> pid_t tcgetsid(int fd); DESCRIPTION
The function tcgetsid() returns the session ID of the current session that has the terminal associated to fd as controlling terminal. This terminal must be the controlling terminal of the calling process. RETURN VALUE
When fd refers to the controlling terminal of our session, the function tcgetsid() will return the session ID of this session. Otherwise, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately. ERRORS
EBADF fd is not a valid file descriptor. ENOTTY The calling process does not have a controlling terminal, or it has one but it is not described by fd. VERSIONS
tcgetsid() is provided in glibc since version 2.1. CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001. NOTES
This function is implemented via the TIOCGSID ioctl(2), present since Linux 2.1.71. SEE ALSO
getsid(2) COLOPHON
This page is part of release 3.25 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/. GNU
2008-06-14 TCGETSID(3)
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