opensolaris man page for tcgetsid

Query: tcgetsid

OS: opensolaris

Section: 3c

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tcgetsid(3C)						   Standard C Library Functions 					      tcgetsid(3C)

NAME
tcgetsid - get process group ID for session leader for controlling terminal
SYNOPSIS
#include <termios.h> pid_t tcgetsid(int fildes);
DESCRIPTION
The tcgetsid() function obtains the process group ID of the session for which the terminal specified by fildes is the controlling terminal.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, tcgetsid() returns the process group ID associated with the terminal. Otherwise, a value of (pid_t)-1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The tcgetsid() function will fail if: EACCES The fildes argument is not associated with a controlling terminal. EBADF The fildes argument is not a valid file descriptor. ENOTTY The file associated with fildes is not a terminal.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Standard | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |MT-Safe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
attributes(5), standards(5), termio(7I) SunOS 5.11 14 Aug 2002 tcgetsid(3C)
Related Man Pages
tcgetsid(3p) - centos
tcgetsid(3) - debian
tcgetsid(3c) - hpux
tcgetsid(3) - osf1
tcgetsid(3p) - posix
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