CentOS 4.8

GNU/Linux	CentOS 4.8	i386
	getgid(2)

GETGID

NAME

getgid, getegid − get group identity

#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>

gid_t getgid(void);
gid_t getegid(void);

getgid returns the real group ID of the current process.

getegid returns the effective group ID of the current process.

The real ID corresponds to the ID of the calling process. The effective ID corresponds to the set ID bit on the file being executed.

These functions are always successful.

POSIX, BSD 4.3