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+.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
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+.\" @(#)setpgid.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
+.\"
+.Dd June 4, 1993
+.Dt SETPGID 2
+.Os BSD 4
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm setpgid ,
+.Nm setpgrp
+.Nd set process group
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <unistd.h>
+.Ft int
+.Fn setpgid pid_tpid pid_tpgrp
+.Ft int
+.Fn setpgrp pid_tpid pid_tpgrp
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Fn Setpgid
+sets the process group of the specified process
+.Ar pid
+to the specified
+.Ar pgrp .
+If
+.Ar pid
+is zero, then the call applies to the current process.
+.Pp
+If the invoker is not the super-user, then the affected process
+must have the same effective user-id as the invoker or be a descendant
+of the invoking process.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+.Fn Setpgid
+returns 0 when the operation was successful.
+If the request failed, -1 is returned and the global variable
+.Va errno
+indicates the reason.
+.Sh ERRORS
+.Fn Setpgid
+will fail and the process group will not be altered if:
+.Bl -tag -width indent
+.It Bq Er ESRCH
+The requested process does not exist.
+.It Bq Er EPERM
+The effective user ID of the requested process is different
+from that of the caller and the process is not a descendent
+of the calling process.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr getpgrp 2
+.Sh STANDARDS
+.Fn Setpgid
+conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-1988
+.Pq Dq Tn POSIX .
+.Sh COMPATIBILITY
+.Fn Setpgrp
+is identical to
+.Fn setpgid ,
+and is retained for calling convention compatibility with historical
+versions of
+.Bx .
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