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From: sean@avec.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: bizarre output from getpgrp()
Message-ID: <704@avec.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 26-Mar-87 00:13:49 EST
Article-I.D.: avec.704
Posted: Thu Mar 26 00:13:49 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 28-Mar-87 18:25:36 EST
Organization: Cadmus, Lowell, Mass
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My job involves porting a lot of source onto many different boxes.  However
This problem is new..

This is to a Xenix (with V7 tty drivers) and a 68020 chip.  The manufacturer
will remain anonymous.  Their call to getpgrp() returns the pid.  My 
understanding is that the default process group is the pid of your login
shell unless you set it otherwise (via setprgp()).

Is there a better definition for what this function does than the SVID
"Returns the current process group?".  Their source for the command is
behaving correctly, I think it's just written wrong.

Please advise.

Sean MacGuire - Technical Support
Quadratron Canada Inc.

ihnp4!philabs!micomvax!avec!sean  -   "It's not a bug, it's a feature."