NAME

getpgid - get process group

SYNOPSIS

#include <unistd.h>

pid_t getpgid(pid_t pid);

DESCRIPTION

getpgid(2) returns the process group ID of the process specified by pid. If pid is zero, the process ID of the current process is used.

Process groups are used for distribution of signals, and by terminals to arbitrate requests for their input: Processes that have the same process group as the terminal are foreground and may read, while others will block with a signal if they attempt to read. These calls are thus used by programs such as csh(1) to create process groups in implementing job control. The TIOCGPGRP? and TIOCSPGRP? calls described in termios(3) are used to get/set the process group of the control terminal.

If a session has a controlling terminal, CLOCAL is not set and a hangup occurs, then the session leader is sent a SIGHUP. If the session leader exits, the SIGHUP signal will be sent to each process in the foreground process group of the controlling terminal.

If the exit of the process causes a process group to become orphaned, and if any member of the newly-orphaned process group is stopped, then a SIGHUP signal followed by a SIGCONT signal will be sent to each process in the newly-orphaned process group.

RETURN VALUE

getpgid returns a process group on success. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.

ERRORS

EINVAL

pgid is less than 0.

EPERM

Various permission violations.

ESRCH

pid does not match any process.

CONFORMING TO

The function getpgid(2) conforms to SVr4.

SEE ALSO

getuid(2), setsid(2), tcsetpgrp(3), termios(4)?, SIGHUP