NAME

tcgetsid — get session ID associated with a controlling terminal

SYNOPSIS

#include <termios.h>

pid_t
tcgetsid(int fd);

DESCRIPTION

The tcgetsid() function returns the value of the session ID associated with the specified controlling terminal device. The session ID is defined as the process group ID of the session leader.

ERRORS

If an error occurs, tcgetsid() returns -1 and the global variable errno is set to indicate the error, as follows:

[EBADF]

The fd argument is not a valid file descriptor.

[ENOTTY]

The calling process does not have a controlling terminal or the underlying terminal device represented by fd is not the controlling terminal.

SEE ALSO

getsid(2), setsid(2), tcgetpgrp(3)

STANDARDS

The tcgetsid() function is compliant with the IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (“POSIX.1”) specification.

HISTORY

The tcgetsid() function has been available since OpenBSD 5.5.