POSIX_SPAWNATTR_GETPGROUP(3C) Standard C Library Functions

NAME

posix_spawnattr_getpgroup, posix_spawnattr_setpgroup - get and set
spawn-pgroup attribute of spawn attributes object

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <spawn.h>

int
posix_spawnattr_getpgroup(const posix_spawnattr_t *restrict attr,
pid_t *restrict pgroup);

int
posix_spawnattr_setpgroup(posix_spawnattr_t *attr, pid_t pgroup);

DESCRIPTION

The posix_spawnattr_getpgroup() function obtains the value of the
spawn-pgroup attribute from the attributes object referenced by attr.

The posix_spawnattr_setpgroup() function sets the spawn-pgroup
attribute in an initialized attributes object referenced by attr.

The spawn-pgroup attribute represents the process group to be joined by
the new process image in a spawn operation (if POSIX_SPAWN_SETPGROUP is
set in the spawn-flags attribute). The default value of this attribute
is zero.

RETURN VALUES

Upon successful completion, posix_spawnattr_getpgroup() returns 0 and
stores the value of the spawn-pgroup attribute of attr into the object
referenced by the pgroup parameter. Otherwise, an error number is
returned to indicate the error.

Upon successful completion, posix_spawnattr_setpgroup() returns 0.
Otherwise, an error number is returned to indicate the error.

ERRORS

These functions may fail if:

EINVAL The value specified by attr is invalid.

The posix_spawnattr_setpgroup() function may fail if:

EINVAL The value of the attribute being set is not valid.

INTERFACE STABILITY

Standard

MT-LEVEL
MT-Safe

SEE ALSO

posix_spawn(3C), posix_spawnattr_destroy(3C),
posix_spawnattr_getflags(3C), posix_spawnattr_getschedparam(3C),
posix_spawnattr_getschedpolicy(3C), posix_spawnattr_getsigdefault(3C),
posix_spawnattr_getsigmask(3C), attributes(7), standards(7)

STANDARDS

The posix_spawnattr_getpgroup() and posix_spawnattr_setpgroup()
functions conform to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 ("POSIX.1").

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