GETPGRP(3P)                POSIX Programmer's Manual               GETPGRP(3P)

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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 control,
       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.1-2017, <sys_types.h>, <unistd.h>

COPYRIGHT
       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
       from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology --
       Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
       Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the
       Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open
       Group.  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 Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can
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