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1.1       root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
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                      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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