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NAME

getpid - get process identification

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h> #include <unistd.h>

pid_t getpid(void);

DESCRIPTION

getpid(2) returns the process ID of the current process. (This is often used by routines that generate unique temporary file names.)

CONFORMING TO

POSIX, BSD 4.3, SVID

SEE ALSO

exec(3), fork(2), kill(2), mkstemp(3), tmpnam(3), tempnam(3), tmpfile(3)

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