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1.1     ! root        1: .TH GETGID 2 "12 February 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: getgid, getegid \- get group identity
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .nf
        !             7: .ft B
        !             8: gid = getgid()
        !             9: int gid;
        !            10: .PP
        !            11: .ft B
        !            12: egid = getegid()
        !            13: int egid;
        !            14: .fi
        !            15: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            16: .I Getgid
        !            17: returns the real group ID of the current process,
        !            18: .I getegid
        !            19: the effective group ID.
        !            20: .PP
        !            21: The real group ID is specified at login time.
        !            22: .PP
        !            23: The effective group ID is more transient, and determines
        !            24: additional access permission during execution of a
        !            25: ``set-group-ID'' process, and it is for such processes
        !            26: that \fIgetgid\fP is most useful.
        !            27: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            28: getuid(2), setregid(2), setgid(3)

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