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GETPID

GETPID

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION CONFORMING TO SEE ALSO


NAME

getpid, getppid - get process identification

SYNOPSIS

#include

  1. include __

pid_t getpid(void); pid_t getppid(void);

DESCRIPTION

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

getppid 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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