getsid(2)

1GETSID(2)                  Linux Programmer's Manual                 GETSID(2)
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NAME

6       getsid - get session ID
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <unistd.h>
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11       pid_t getsid(pid_t pid);
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13   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
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15       getsid(): _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500
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DESCRIPTION

18       getsid(0)  returns  the  session  ID of the calling process.  getsid(p)
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RETURN VALUE

23       On  success,  a  session  ID is returned.  On error, (pid_t) -1 will be
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ERRORS

27       EPERM  A process with process ID p exists, but it is not  in  the  same
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31       ESRCH  No process with process ID p was found.
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VERSIONS

34       This system call is available on Linux since version 2.0.
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CONFORMING TO

37       SVr4, POSIX.1-2001.
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NOTES

40       Linux does not return EPERM.
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COLOPHON

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52Linux                             2008-12-05                         GETSID(2)