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Diffstat (limited to 'man2/getgid.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/getgid.2 | 40 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/man2/getgid.2 b/man2/getgid.2 index efca9a7fc..a1f64e00a 100644 --- a/man2/getgid.2 +++ b/man2/getgid.2 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ .\" .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft .\" -.TH getgid 2 2022-10-30 "Linux man-pages 6.03" +.TH getgid 2 2023-03-30 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" .SH NAME getgid, getegid \- get group identity .SH LIBRARY @@ -27,9 +27,27 @@ and never modify .\" https://www.austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=511 .\" 0000511: getuid and friends should not modify errno .IR errno . +.SH VERSIONS +On Alpha, instead of a pair of +.BR getgid () +and +.BR getegid () +system calls, a single +.BR getxgid () +system call is provided, which returns a pair of real and effective GIDs. +The glibc +.BR getgid () +and +.BR getegid () +wrapper functions transparently deal with this. +See +.BR syscall (2) +for details regarding register mapping. .SH STANDARDS -POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, 4.3BSD. -.SH NOTES +POSIX.1-2008. +.SH HISTORY +POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD. +.PP The original Linux .BR getgid () and @@ -45,22 +63,6 @@ The glibc and .BR getegid () wrapper functions transparently deal with the variations across kernel versions. -.PP -On Alpha, instead of a pair of -.BR getgid () -and -.BR getegid () -system calls, a single -.BR getxgid () -system call is provided, which returns a pair of real and effective GIDs. -The glibc -.BR getgid () -and -.BR getegid () -wrapper functions transparently deal with this. -See -.BR syscall (2) -for details regarding register mapping. .SH SEE ALSO .BR getresgid (2), .BR setgid (2), |