GETGID(2-BSD)       RISC/os Reference Manual        GETGID(2-BSD)



NAME
     getgid, getegid - get group identity

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/types.h>

     gid = getgid()
     gidt gid;

     egid = getegid()
     gidt egid;

DESCRIPTION
     getgid returns the real group ID of the current process,
     getegid the effective group ID.

     The real group ID is specified at login time.

     The effective group ID is more transient, and determines
     additional access permission during execution of a ``set-
     group-ID'' process, and it is for such processes that getgid
     is most useful.

SEE ALSO
     getuid(2), setregid(2), setuid(3B)).






























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