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function::sid
Name
function::sid — Returns the session ID of the current process.
Synopsis
function sid:long()
Arguments
None
General Syntax
sid:
long
Description
The session ID of a process is the process group ID of the session leader. Session ID is stored in the signal_struct since Kernel 2.6.0.

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