getpgrp

getpgrp pid

• Returns the current process group for the specified process ID (pid). Use a pid of for the current process. Invoking getpgrp will produce a fatal error if used on a machine that doesn't implement the getpgrp system call. If pid is omitted, the function returns the process group of the current process (the same as using a pid of ). On systems implementing this operator with the POSIX getpgrp(2) system call, pid must be omitted or, if supplied, must be .