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.Dd April 4, 2011 .Dt GETSID 2 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm getsid .Nd get session ID .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libc .Sh SYNOPSIS n unistd.h .Ft pid_t .Fn getsid "pid_t pid" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn getsid function returns the session ID of the process specified by .Ar pid . If .Ar pid is 0, the session ID of the calling process is returned. The session ID is defined as the process group ID of the process that is the session leader. .Sh ERRORS If an error occurs, .Fn getsid returns -1 and the global variable .Va errno is set to indicate the error, as follows: l -tag -width Er t Bq Er ESRCH No process can be found corresponding to that specified by .Ar pid . .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr getpgid 2 , .Xr setsid 2 , .Xr termios 4 .Sh STANDARDS The .Fn getsid function conforms to .St -xpg4.2 .