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setpgid

Set the process group of the calling process.

Syntax

#include <unistd.h>

int setpgid (pid_t pid, pid_t pgid);

Parameters

  • pid

    The PID to set the group ID for. If zero, the current process ID is used.

  • pgid

    The process group ID to set. If zero, the group id is set to the PID value.

Return Value

The return value is zero if successful. Otherwise, the return value is negative.

  • EINVAL

    One or both of the arguments are negative.

  • EACCES

    The supplied PID is not the one of the calling process.

  • ESRCH

    No such process.

Remarks

None