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+.\" $OpenBSD: setpgid.2,v 1.17 2014/12/14 07:42:50 schwarze Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: setpgid.2,v 1.8 1995/02/27 12:36:55 cgd Exp $
+.\"
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+.\"
+.\" @(#)setpgid.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
+.\"
+.Dd $Mdocdate: December 14 2014 $
+.Dt SETPGID 2
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm setpgid ,
+.Nm setpgrp
+.Nd set process group
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In unistd.h
+.Ft int
+.Fn setpgid "pid_t pid" "pid_t pgrp"
+.Ft int
+.Fn setpgrp "pid_t pid" "pid_t pgrp"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Fn setpgid
+sets the process group of the specified process
+.Fa pid
+to the specified
+.Fa pgrp .
+If
+.Fa pid
+is zero, then the call applies to the current process.
+If
+.Fa pgrp
+is zero, the process ID of the specified process is used.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+.Rv -std
+.Sh ERRORS
+.Fn setpgid
+will fail and the process group will not be altered if:
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.It Bq Er EACCES
+The value of the
+.Fa pid
+argument matches the process ID of a child process of the calling process,
+and the child process has successfully executed one of the exec functions.
+.It Bq Er EINVAL
+The value of the
+.Fa pgrp
+argument is less than zero.
+.It Bq Er EPERM
+The requested process is a descendant of the calling process, and
+is either a session leader or not in the same session as the calling
+process.
+.It Bq Er EPERM
+The value of the
+.Fa pgrp
+argument is neither the PID of the process indicated by the
+.Fa pid
+argument nor the process group ID of an existing process group in
+the same session as the calling process.
+.It Bq Er ESRCH
+The value of the
+.Fa pid
+argument does not match the process ID of the calling process or of a
+descendant of the calling process.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr getpgrp 2 ,
+.Xr setsid 2
+.Sh STANDARDS
+.Fn setpgrp
+is identical to
+.Fn setpgid ,
+and is retained for calling convention compatibility with historical
+versions of
+.Bx .
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn setpgid
+function conforms to
+.St -p1003.1-2008 .