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GETSID(2) | System Calls Manual | GETSID(2) |
NAME¶
getsid — get process sessionLIBRARY¶
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)SYNOPSIS¶
#include <unistd.h> pid_tgetsid(pid_t pid);
DESCRIPTION¶
The session ID of the process identified by pid is returned by getsid(). If pid is zero, getsid() returns the session ID of the current process.RETURN VALUES¶
Upon successful completion, the getsid() system call returns the session ID of the specified process; otherwise, it returns a value of -1 and sets errno to indicate an error.ERRORS¶
The getsid() system call will succeed unless:- [
ESRCH
] - if there is no process with a process ID equal to pid.
SEE ALSO¶
getpgid(2), getpgrp(2), setpgid(2), setsid(2), termios(4)HISTORY¶
The getsid() system call appeared in FreeBSD 3.0. The getsid() system call is derived from its usage in AT&T System V UNIX.August 19, 1997 | Debian |