libc/sys/getpgrp.2

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.Dd August 11, 2002
.Dt GETPGRP 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm getpgrp ,
.Nm getpgid
.Nd get process group
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include \*[Lt]unistd.h\*[Gt]
.Ft pid_t
.Fn getpgrp "void"
.Ft pid_t
.Fn getpgid "pid_t pid"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The process group of the current process is returned by
.Fn getpgrp .
The process group of the
.Fa pid
process is returned by
.Fn getpgid .
.Pp
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.
.Pp
This call is thus used by programs such as
.Xr csh 1
to create
process groups
in implementing job control.
The
.Fn tcgetpgrp
and
.Fn tcsetpgrp
calls
are used to get/set the process group of the control terminal.
.Sh ERRORS
.Fn getpgrp
always succeeds, however
.Fn getpgid
will succeed unless:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er ESRCH
if there is no process with a process ID equal to
.Fa pid .
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr setpgid 2 ,
.Xr termios 4
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn getpgrp
function conforms to
.St -p1003.1-88 .
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn getpgrp
function call appeared in
.Bx 4.0 .
The
.Fn getpgid
function call is derived from its usage in
.At V.4 ,
and first appeared in
.Nx 1.3 .
.Sh COMPATIBILITY
This version of
.Fn getpgrp
differs from past Berkeley versions by not taking a
.Fa "pid_t pid"
argument.
This incompatibility is required by
.St -p1003.1-90 .
.Pp
From the
.St -p1003.1-90
Rationale:
.sp
.Bx 4.3
provides a
.Fn getpgrp
function that returns the process group ID for a specified process.
Although this function is used to support job control, all known
job-control shells always specify the calling process with this
function.
Thus, the simpler System V
.Fn getpgrp
suffices, and the added complexity of the
.Bx 4.3
.Fn getpgrp
has been omitted from POSIX.1.
The old functionality is available from the
.Fn getpgid
function.