Re: Regarding Process group ID

venkat wrote:
> I am a learner in Unix. While going through Process group ID, found
> that A process can set the process group ID of only itself or any of
> its children. Furthermore, it can't change the process group ID of
> one of its children after that child has called one of the exec
> functions.
> Not able to understand why?. Can some one explain why this behaviour
> is like this?.
> 
> 
> Appreciate your help in this regard.

Try comp.unix.programmer or a Linux group - this is not a C issue but a 
Unix (Linux, POSIX) issue.

You might consider looking up setpgid() at the OpenGroup web site.

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