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setpgrp3(2)							   setpgrp3(2)

NAME
       setpgrp3	 - create session and set process group ID; for HP-UX 9.x com‐
       patibility.

SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
       If the calling process is not a process group  leader,  creates	a  new
       session.	  The  calling	process becomes the session leader of this new
       session, it becomes the process group leader of a  new  process	group,
       and  it has no controlling terminal.  The process group ID of the call‐
       ing process is set equal to the process ID of the calling process.  The
       calling	process	 is the only process in the new process group, and the
       only process in the new session.

       function is provided for HP-UX compatibility in	future	releases.   is
       functionally equivalent to as provided in HP-UX 9.x.

RETURN VALUE
       Upon  successful	 completion, returns the value of the process group ID
       of the calling process.	Otherwise, it returns a value of and  sets  to
       indicate the error.

ERRORS
       No errors are defined.

WARNINGS
   Obsolescent Interfaces
       is to be obsoleted at a future date.

AUTHOR
       was developed by HP.

SEE ALSO
       exec(2),	 exit(2), fork(2), getpid(2), kill(2), setpgid(2), setpgrp(2),
       setsid(2), signal(2), termio(7).

				TO BE OBSOLETED			   setpgrp3(2)

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