GETPGRP(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual GETPGRP(3P)
PROLOG
This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the correspond-
ing Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
NAME
getpgrp -- get the process group ID of the calling process
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
pid_t getpgrp(void);
DESCRIPTION
The getpgrp() function shall return the process group ID of the calling process.
RETURN VALUE
The getpgrp() function shall always be successful and no return value is reserved to indicate an error.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
None.
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
RATIONALE
4.3 BSD provides a getpgrp() function that returns the process group ID for a specified process. Although this function supports job con-
trol, all known job control shells always specify the calling process with this function. Thus, the simpler System V getpgrp() suffices,
and the added complexity of the 4.3 BSD getpgrp() is provided by the XSI extension getpgid().
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
exec, fork(), getpgid(), getpid(), getppid(), kill(), setpgid(), setsid()
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, <sys_types.h>, <unistd.h>
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technol-
ogy -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the
event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Stan-
dard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .
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