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NAME

getegid - get effective group identity

SYNOPSIS

#include <unistd.h> #include <sys/types.h>

gid_t getegid(void);

DESCRIPTION

getegid(2) returns the effective group ID of the current process.

The effective ID corresponds to the set ID bit on the file being executed. See EffectiveID for more information.

ERRORS

This functions are always successful.

CONFORMING TO

POSIX, BSD 4.3

SEE ALSO

setregid(2), setgid(2), getgid(2)

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