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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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