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.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Peter Wemm <peter@freebsd.org>
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd August 19, 1997
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.Dt GETSID 2
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.Os BSD 4.2
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm getsid
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.Nd get process session
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <unistd.h>
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.Ft pid_t
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.Fn getsid "pid_t pid"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The session ID of the process identified by
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.Fa pid
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is returned by
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.Fn getsid .
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If
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.Fa pid
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is zero,
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.Fn getsid
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returns the session ID of the current process.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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Upon successful completion, the function
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.Fn getsid
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returns the session ID of
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the specified process; otherwise, it returns a value of -1 and
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sets errno to indicate an error.
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.Sh ERRORS
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.Fn getsid
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will succeed unless:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er ESRCH
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if there is no process with a process ID equal to
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.Fa pid .
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.El
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.Pp
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Note that an implementation may restrict this function call to
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processes within the same session ID as the calling process.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr getpgid 2 ,
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.Xr getpgrp 2 ,
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.Xr setpgid 2 ,
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.Xr setsid 2 ,
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.Xr termios 4
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn getsid
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function call appeared in
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.Fx 3.0 .
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The
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.Fn getsid
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function call is derived from its usage in
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.At V .
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