NAME
getsid
—
get process session
LIBRARY
library “libc”
SYNOPSIS
#include
<unistd.h>
pid_t
getsid
(pid_t
pid);
DESCRIPTION
The session ID of the process identified by pid is returned bygetsid
().
If pid is zero, getsid
() returns
the session ID of the current process.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, the getsid
()
system call returns the session ID of the specified process; otherwise, it
returns a value of -1 and sets errno to indicate an error.
ERRORS
The getsid
() system call will succeed
unless:
- [
ESRCH
] - if there is no process with a process ID equal to pid.
Note that an implementation may restrict this system call to processes within the same session ID as the calling process.
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The getsid
() system call appeared in
FreeBSD 3.0. The getsid
()
system call is derived from its usage in AT&T
System V UNIX.