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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libos.tex | 15 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex index e56f24e..834e562 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libos.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libos.tex @@ -114,7 +114,9 @@ Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{getegid}{} -Return the current process' effective group id. +Return the effective group id of the current process. This +corresponds to the `set id' bit on the file being executed in the +current process. Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} @@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ Availability: \UNIX. \begin{funcdesc}{getgid}{} \index{process!group} -Return the current process' group id. +Return the real group id of the current process. Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} @@ -144,7 +146,7 @@ Availability: \UNIX. \begin{funcdesc}{getpgrp}{} \index{process!group} -Return the current process group id. +Return the id of the current process group. Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} @@ -219,9 +221,10 @@ Calls the system call \cfunction{setpgrp()} or \cfunction{setpgrp(0, Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{setpgid}{pid, pgrp} -Calls the system call \cfunction{setpgid()}. See the \UNIX{} manual -for the semantics. +\begin{funcdesc}{setpgid}{pid, pgrp} Calls the system call +\cfunction{setpgid()} to set the process group id of the process with +id \var{pid} to the process group with id \var{pgrp}. See the \UNIX{} +manual for the semantics. Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} |