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getsid(2)

get session ID

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Synopsis

#include <unistd.h>
pid_t getsid(pid_t
 pid
);
getsid
():
_XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500
        || /* Since glibc 2.12: */ _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L

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Options · 2

EPERM	A process with process ID pid exists, but it is not in the same session as the calling process, and the implementation considers this an error.
ESRCH	No process with process ID pid was found.

NAME

getsid - get session ID

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

bash

#include <unistd.h>

bash

pid_t getsid(pid_t\n pid\n);

getsid():

bash


\n
    _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500
\n
        || /* Since glibc 2.12: */ _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L

getsid() returns the session ID of the process with process ID pid. If pid is 0, getsid() returns the session ID of the calling process.

On success, a session ID is returned. On error, (pid_t) -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.

EPERM: A process with process ID pid exists, but it is not in the same session as the calling process, and the implementation considers this an error.
ESRCH: No process with process ID pid was found.

Linux does not return EPERM.

POSIX.1-2008.

POSIX.1-2001, SVr4. Linux 2.0.

See credentials(7) for a description of sessions and session IDs.