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24.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/sys/getsid.2,v 1.3.2.5 2001/12/14 18:34:00 ru Exp $
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26.Dd August 19, 1997
27.Dt GETSID 2
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm getsid
31.Nd get process session
32.Sh LIBRARY
33.Lb libc
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.In unistd.h
36.Ft pid_t
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37.Fo getsid
38.Fa "pid_t pid"
39.Fc
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40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The session ID of the process identified by
42.Fa pid
43is returned by
44.Fn getsid .
45If
46.Fa pid
47is zero,
48.Fn getsid
49returns the session ID of the current process.
50.Sh RETURN VALUES
51Upon successful completion, the function
52.Fn getsid
53returns the session ID of
54the specified process; otherwise, it returns a value of -1 and
55sets errno to indicate an error.
56.Sh ERRORS
2d21ac55 57The
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2d21ac55 59system call will fail if:
9bccf70c 60.Bl -tag -width Er
2d21ac55 61.\" ==========
9bccf70c 62.It Bq Er ESRCH
2d21ac55 63There is no process with a process ID equal to
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64.Fa pid .
65.El
66.Pp
67Note that an implementation may restrict this function call to
68processes within the same session ID as the calling process.
69.Sh SEE ALSO
70.Xr getpgid 2 ,
71.Xr getpgrp 2 ,
72.Xr setpgid 2 ,
73.Xr setsid 2 ,
74.Xr termios 4
75.Sh HISTORY
76The
77.Fn getsid
78function call appeared in
79.Fx 3.0 .
80The
81.Fn getsid
82function call is derived from its usage in
83.At V .