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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/getsid.2 b/lib/libc/sys/getsid.2 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2800248 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/sys/getsid.2 @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.org> +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd August 19, 1997 +.Dt GETSID 2 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm getsid +.Nd get process session +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In unistd.h +.Ft pid_t +.Fn getsid "pid_t pid" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The session ID of the process identified by +.Fa pid +is returned by +.Fn getsid . +If +.Fa pid +is zero, +.Fn getsid +returns the session ID of the current process. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +Upon successful completion, the function +.Fn getsid +returns the session ID of +the specified process; otherwise, it returns a value of -1 and +sets errno to indicate an error. +.Sh ERRORS +.Fn getsid +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 +.Pp +Note that an implementation may restrict this function call to +processes within the same session ID as the calling process. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr getpgid 2 , +.Xr getpgrp 2 , +.Xr setpgid 2 , +.Xr setsid 2 , +.Xr termios 4 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Fn getsid +function call appeared in +.Fx 3.0 . +The +.Fn getsid +function call is derived from its usage in +.At V . |