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1.1       root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
                      2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
                      3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
                      4: .\"
                      5: .\"    @(#)getgid.2    6.2 (Berkeley) 1/7/86
                      6: .\"
                      7: .TH GETGID 2 "January 7, 1986"
                      8: .UC 5
                      9: .SH NAME
                     10: getgid, getegid \- get group identity
                     11: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     12: .nf
                     13: .ft B
                     14: #include <sys/types.h>
                     15: .PP
                     16: .nf
                     17: .ft B
                     18: gid = getgid()
                     19: gid_t gid;
                     20: .PP
                     21: .ft B
                     22: egid = getegid()
                     23: gid_t egid;
                     24: .fi
                     25: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     26: .I Getgid
                     27: returns the real group ID of the current process,
                     28: .I getegid
                     29: the effective group ID.
                     30: .PP
                     31: The real group ID is specified at login time.
                     32: .PP
                     33: The effective group ID is more transient, and determines
                     34: additional access permission during execution of a
                     35: ``set-group-ID'' process, and it is for such processes
                     36: that \fIgetgid\fP is most useful.
                     37: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     38: getuid(2), setregid(2), setgid(3)

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