NAME

getsid - get the process group ID of a session leader

SYNOPSIS

#include <unistd.h>

pid_t getsid(pid_t pid);


DESCRIPTION

The getsid() function shall obtain the process group ID of the process that is the session leader of the process specified by pid. If pid is (pid_t)0, it specifies the calling process.

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, getsid() shall return the process group ID of the session leader of the specified process. Otherwise, it shall return -1 and set errno to indicate the error.

ERRORS

The getsid() function shall fail if:

[EPERM]

The process specified by pid is not in the same session as the calling process, and the implementation does not allow access to the process group ID of the session leader of that process from the calling process.

[ESRCH]

There is no process with a process ID equal to pid.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

exec, fork, getpid, getpgid, setpgid, setsid

XBD <unistd.h>

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 4, Version 2.

Issue 5

Moved from X/OPEN UNIX extension to BASE.

Issue 7

The getsid() function is moved from the XSI option to the Base.

POSIX.1-2008, Technical Corrigendum 1, XSH/TC1-2008/0258 [421] is applied.