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Manual Reference Pages  - GETGID (2)

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NAME

getgid, getegid - get group identity

CONTENTS

Synopsis
Description
Errors

SYNOPSIS

#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>

gid_t getgid(void);
gid_t getegid(void);

DESCRIPTION

getgid() returns the real group ID of the current process.

getegid() returns the effective group ID of the current process.

ERRORS

These functions are always successful.

CONFORMING TO

POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD

SEE ALSO

setgid(2), setregid(2)

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Linux 0.99.11

GETGID (2)

1993-07-23

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