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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 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: .\"    @(#)setpgrp.2   6.1 (Berkeley) 5/9/85
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH SETPGRP 2 "May 9, 1985"
        !             8: .UC 4
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: setpgrp \- set process group
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .ft B
        !            13: setpgrp(pid, pgrp)
        !            14: .br
        !            15: int pid, pgrp;
        !            16: .ft R
        !            17: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            18: .I Setpgrp
        !            19: sets the process group of the specified process
        !            20: .I pid
        !            21: to the specified
        !            22: .IR pgrp .
        !            23: If
        !            24: .I pid
        !            25: is zero, then the call applies to the current process.
        !            26: .PP
        !            27: If the invoker is not the super-user, then the affected process
        !            28: must have the same effective user-id as the invoker or be a descendant
        !            29: of the invoking process.
        !            30: .SH "RETURN VALUE
        !            31: .I Setpgrp
        !            32: returns when the operation was successful.  If
        !            33: the request failed, \-1 is returned and the global
        !            34: variable
        !            35: .I errno
        !            36: indicates the reason.
        !            37: .SH ERRORS
        !            38: .I Setpgrp
        !            39: will fail and the process group will not be altered if
        !            40: one of the following occur:
        !            41: .TP 15
        !            42: [ESRCH]
        !            43: The requested process does not exist.
        !            44: .TP 15
        !            45: [EPERM]
        !            46: The effective user ID of the requested process is different
        !            47: from that of the caller and the process is not a descendent
        !            48: of the calling process.
        !            49: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            50: getpgrp(2)

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