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27.Dd August 8, 2001
28.Dt PGFIND 9
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm pgfind
32.Nd "locate a process group by number"
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In sys/param.h
35.In sys/proc.h
36.Ft "struct pgrp *"
37.Fn pgfind "pid_t pgid"
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Fn pgfind
41function takes a
42.Fa pgid
43as its argument and returns a pointer to the
44.Vt pgrp
45structure whose
46.Va pg_id
47is specified in the argument.
48.Pp
49.Fn pgfind
50locks the
51.Vt pgrp
52structure that is returned.
53.Sh RETURN VALUES
54The
55.Fn pgfind
56function returns
57.Dv NULL
58on failure or a pointer to a
59.Vt pgrp
60structure on successful completion.
61.Sh SEE ALSO
62.Xr pfind 9
63.Sh AUTHORS
64This manual page was written by
65.An Evan Sarmiento Aq kaworu@sektor7.ath.cx .
66