TCGETPGRP

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NAME

tcgetpgrp - get foreground process group ID  

SYNOPSIS

Fd #include <sys/types.h> Fd #include <unistd.h> Ft pid_t Fn tcgetpgrp int fd  

DESCRIPTION

The tcgetpgrp function returns the value of the process group ID of the foreground process group associated with the terminal device. If there is no foreground process group, tcgetpgrp returns an invalid process ID.  

ERRORS

If an error occurs, tcgetpgrp returns -1 and the global variable errno is set to indicate the error, as follows:

Bq Er EBADF
The Fa fd argument is not a valid file descriptor.
Bq Er ENOTTY
The calling process does not have a controlling terminal or the underlying terminal device represented by Fa fd is not the controlling terminal.

 

SEE ALSO

setpgid(3), setsid(2), tcsetpgrp(3)  

STANDARDS

The tcgetpgrp function is expected to be compliant with the St -p1003.1-88 specification.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
ERRORS
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS

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