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NAME

getppid - get process identification

SYNOPSIS

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

pid_t getppid(void);

DESCRIPTION

getppid(2) returns the process ID of the parent of the current process.

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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