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1.1       root        1: .TH SETPGRP 2 "12 February 1983"
                      2: .UC 4
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: setpgrp \- set process group
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .ft B
                      7: setpgrp(pid, pgrp)
                      8: .br
                      9: int pid, pgrp;
                     10: .ft R
                     11: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     12: .I Setpgrp
                     13: sets the process group of the specified process
                     14: .I pid
                     15: to the specified
                     16: .IR pgrp .
                     17: If
                     18: .I pid
                     19: is zero, then the call applies to the current process.
                     20: .PP
                     21: If the invoker is not the super-user, then the affected process
                     22: must have the same effective user-id as the invoker or be a descendant
                     23: of the invoking process.
                     24: .SH "RETURN VALUE
                     25: .I Setpgrp
                     26: returns when the operation was successful.  If
                     27: the request failed, \-1 is returned and the global
                     28: variable
                     29: .I errno
                     30: indicates the reason.
                     31: .SH ERRORS
                     32: .I Setpgrp
1.1.1.2 ! root       33: fails and the process group is not altered if
1.1       root       34: one of the following occur:
                     35: .TP 15
                     36: [ESRCH]
                     37: The requested process does not exist.
                     38: .TP 15
                     39: [EPERM]
                     40: The effective user ID of the requested process is different
                     41: from that of the caller and the process is not a descendent
                     42: of the calling process.
                     43: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     44: getpgrp(2)

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