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<H1>GETGID</H1>
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)<BR>Updated: 2019-03-06<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
getgid, getegid - get group identity
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
<B>#include &lt;<A HREF="file:///usr/include/unistd.h">unistd.h</A>&gt;</B>
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<B>#include &lt;<A HREF="file:///usr/include/sys/types.h">sys/types.h</A>&gt;</B>
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<B>gid_t getgid(void);</B>
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<B>gid_t getegid(void);</B>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
<B>getgid</B>()
returns the real group ID of the calling process.
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<B>getegid</B>()
returns the effective group ID of the calling process.
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<H2>ERRORS</H2>
These functions are always successful.
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<H2>CONFORMING TO</H2>
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, 4.3BSD.
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<H2>NOTES</H2>
The original Linux
<B>getgid</B>()
and
<B>getegid</B>()
system calls supported only 16-bit group IDs.
Subsequently, Linux 2.4 added
<B>getgid32</B>()
and
<B>getegid32</B>(),
supporting 32-bit IDs.
The glibc
<B>getgid</B>()
and
<B>getegid</B>()
wrapper functions transparently deal with the variations across kernel versions.
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On Alpha, instead of a pair of
<B>getgid</B>()
and
<B>getegid</B>()
system calls, a single
<B>getxgid</B>()
system call is provided, which returns a pair of real and effective GIDs.
The glibc
<B>getgid</B>()
and
<B>getegid</B>()
wrapper functions transparently deal with this.
See
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+syscall">syscall</A></B>(2)
for details regarding register mapping.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+getresgid">getresgid</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+setgid">setgid</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+setregid">setregid</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+credentials">credentials</A></B>(7)
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<H2>COLOPHON</H2>
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<DT id="1"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="2"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT id="3"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT id="4"><A HREF="#lbAE">ERRORS</A><DD>
<DT id="5"><A HREF="#lbAF">CONFORMING TO</A><DD>
<DT id="6"><A HREF="#lbAG">NOTES</A><DD>
<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAH">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
<DT id="8"><A HREF="#lbAI">COLOPHON</A><DD>
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