getgid, getegid - get group process identification
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
#include <unistd.h>
gid_t
getgid(void);
gid_t
getegid(void);
The getgid() function returns the real group ID of the calling process,
getegid() returns the effective group ID of the calling process.
The real group ID is specified at login time.
The real group ID is the group of the user who invoked the program. As
the effective group ID gives the process additional permissions during
the execution of ``set-group-ID'' mode processes, getgid() is used to
determine the real-group-id of the calling process.
The getgid() and getegid() functions are always successful, and no return
value is reserved to indicate an error.
getuid(2), setgid(2), setregid(2)
getgid() and getegid() conform to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1990 (``POSIX.1'').
BSD June 4, 1993 BSD
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