.\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California. .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. .\" .\" @(#)setpgrp.2 6.1 (Berkeley) 5/9/85 .\" .TH SETPGRP 2 "May 9, 1985" .UC 4 .SH NAME setpgrp \- set process group .SH SYNOPSIS .ft B setpgrp(pid, pgrp) .br int pid, pgrp; .ft R .SH DESCRIPTION .I Setpgrp sets the process group of the specified process .I pid to the specified .IR pgrp . If .I pid is zero, then the call applies to the current process. .PP If the invoker is not the super-user, then the affected process must have the same effective user-id as the invoker or be a descendant of the invoking process. .SH "RETURN VALUE .I Setpgrp returns when the operation was successful. If the request failed, \-1 is returned and the global variable .I errno indicates the reason. .SH ERRORS .I Setpgrp will fail and the process group will not be altered if one of the following occur: .TP 15 [ESRCH] The requested process does not exist. .TP 15 [EPERM] The effective user ID of the requested process is different from that of the caller and the process is not a descendent of the calling process. .SH "SEE ALSO" getpgrp(2)