TCGETSID(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual TCGETSID(3P)
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NAME
tcgetsid -- get the process group ID for the session leader for the
controlling terminal
SYNOPSIS
#include <termios.h>
pid_t tcgetsid(int fildes);
DESCRIPTION
The tcgetsid() function shall obtain the process group ID of the ses-
sion for which the terminal specified by fildes is the controlling ter-
minal.
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, tcgetsid() shall return the process group
ID of the session associated with the terminal. Otherwise, a value of
-1 shall be returned and errno set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The tcgetsid() function shall fail if:
EBADF The fildes argument is not a valid file descriptor.
ENOTTY The calling process does not have a controlling terminal, or the
file is not the controlling terminal.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
None.
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, <termios.h>
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electri-
cal and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. (This is
POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the
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