suse man page for getgid

Query: getgid

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GETGID(2)						     Linux Programmer's Manual							 GETGID(2)

NAME
getgid, getegid - get group identity
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h> #include <sys/types.h> gid_t getgid(void); gid_t getegid(void);
DESCRIPTION
getgid() returns the real group ID of the calling process. getegid() returns the effective group ID of the calling process.
ERRORS
These functions are always successful.
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD.
SEE ALSO
getresgid(2), setgid(2), setregid(2), credentials(7)
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/. Linux 1993-07-23 GETGID(2)
Related Man Pages
getegid(2) - centos
getgid32(2) - debian
getegid32(2) - xfree86
getegid32(2) - posix
getegid32(2) - plan9
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