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1.\" $NetBSD: setpgid.2,v 1.8 1995/02/27 12:36:55 cgd Exp $
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34.\" @(#)setpgid.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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36.Dd June 4, 1993
37.Dt SETPGID 2
38.Os BSD 4
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm setpgid ,
41.Nm setpgrp
42.Nd set process group
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Fd #include <unistd.h>
45.Ft int
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46.Fo setpgid
47.Fa "pid_t pid"
48.Fa "pid_t pgid"
49.Fc
50.Ft pid_t
51.Fo setpgrp
52.Fa void
53.Fc
9bccf70c 54.Sh DESCRIPTION
39037602 55.Fn setpgid
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56sets the process group of the specified process
57.Ar pid
58to the specified
2d21ac55 59.Ar pgid .
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60If
61.Ar pid
62is zero, then the call applies to the current process.
63.Pp
64If the invoker is not the super-user, then the affected process
65must have the same effective user-id as the invoker or be a descendant
66of the invoking process.
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9bccf70c 68.Sh RETURN VALUES
39037602 69.Fn setpgid
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70returns 0 when the operation was successful.
71If the request failed, -1 is returned and the global variable
72.Va errno
73indicates the reason.
74.Sh ERRORS
39037602 75.Fn setpgid
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76will fail and the process group will not be altered if:
77.Bl -tag -width Er
2d21ac55 78.\" ===========
55e303ae 79.It Bq Er EACCES
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80The value of the
81.Fa pid
82argument matches the process ID of a child process of the calling process,
83and the child process has successfully executed one of the exec functions.
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84.\" ===========
85.It Bq Er EINVAL
86The value of the
87.Fa pgid
88argument is less than 0
89or is not a value supported by the implementation.
90.\" ===========
91.It Bq Er EPERM
92The process indicated by the
93.Fa pid
94argument is a session leader.
95.\" ===========
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96.It Bq Er EPERM
97The effective user ID of the requested process is different
98from that of the caller and the process is not a descendant
99of the calling process.
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100.\" ===========
101.It Bq Er EPERM
102The value of the
103.Fa pgid argument
104is valid, but does not match the process ID
105of the process indicated by the
106.Fa pid
107argument and there is no process with a process group ID
108that matches the value of the
109.Fa pgid
110argument in the same session as the calling process.
111.\" ===========
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112.It Bq Er ESRCH
113The value of the
114.Fa pid
115argument does not match the process ID of the calling process or of a
116child process of the calling process.
117.El
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118.Sh LEGACY SYNOPSIS
119.Fd #include <unistd.h>
120.Pp
121.Ft int
122.br
123.Fo setpgrp
124.Fa "pid_t pid"
125.Fa "pid_t pgid"
126.Fc ;
127.Pp
128The legacy
129.Fn setpgrp
130function is a clone of the
131.Fn setpgid
132function, retained for calling convention compatibility
133with historical versions of
134.Bx .
135.Sh COMPATIBILITY
136Use of the legacy version of the
137.Fn setpgrp
138call will cause compiler diagnostics.
139Use
140.Fn setpgid
141instead.
142.Pp
143Use of private (and conflicting) prototypes for
144.Fn setpgrp
145will cause compiler diagnostics.
146Delete the private prototypes and include
147.In unistd.h .
9bccf70c 148.Sh SEE ALSO
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149.Xr getpgrp 2 ,
150.Xr compat 5
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151.Sh STANDARDS
152The
153.Fn setpgid
154function conforms to
155.St -p1003.1-88 .