NAME
setpgid, setpgrp
— set process group
SYNOPSIS
#include
<unistd.h>
int
setpgid(pid_t
pid, pid_t
pgrp);
int
setpgrp(pid_t
pid, pid_t
pgrp);
DESCRIPTION
setpgid()
sets the process group of the specified process pid to
the specified pgrp. If pid is
zero, then the call applies to the current process. If
pgrp is zero, the process ID of the specified process
is used.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, the value 0 is returned; otherwise the value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
setpgid() will fail and the process group
will not be altered if:
- [
EACCES] - The value of the pid argument matches the process ID of a child process of the calling process, and the child process has successfully executed one of the exec functions.
- [
EINVAL] - The value of the pgrp argument is less than zero.
- [
EPERM] - The requested process is a descendant of the calling process, and is either a session leader or not in the same session as the calling process.
- [
EPERM] - The value of the pgrp argument is neither the PID of the process indicated by the pid argument nor the process group ID of an existing process group in the same session as the calling process.
- [
ESRCH] - The value of the pid argument does not match the process ID of the calling process or of a descendant of the calling process.
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
setpgrp() is identical to
setpgid(), and is retained for calling convention
compatibility with historical versions of BSD.
The setpgid() function conforms to
IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (“POSIX.1”).