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capget

Return the capabilities for the indicated thread

Declaration

Source position: linux.pp line 315

  function capget(header: Puser_cap_header; data: Puser_cap_data) : cint;

Description

capget returns the capabilities of the indicated thread in header. The thread is identified by the process ID, or -1 for all caller (and child) process ID's.

Refer to the Linux man pages (7 capabilities) for more info.

Errors

On success, zero is returned, on error -1 is returned, and fperrno is set to the error.

See also

Name Description
capset Set the capabilities for the indicated thread