Method: Process::GID#eid

Defined in:

process.c

#egid ⇒ Integer (private) #Process::GID.eid ⇒ Integer (private) #Process::Sys.geteid ⇒ Integer (private)

Returns the effective group ID for the current process:

Process.egid # => 500

Not available on all platforms.

Overloads:

• #egid ⇒ Integer

  Returns:

  • (Integer)
• #Process::GID.eid ⇒ Integer

  Returns:

  • (Integer)
• #Process::Sys.geteid ⇒ Integer

  Returns:

  • (Integer)

# File 'process.c', line 7440

static VALUE
proc_getegid(VALUE obj)
{
    rb_gid_t egid = getegid();

    return GIDT2NUM(egid);
}