GETPID(D)           Linux Programmer's Manual           GETPID(D)



NAME
       getpid, getppid - get process identification

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

       pid_t getpid(d);
       pid_t getppid(d);

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

       getppid  returns  the process ID of the parent of the cur-
       rent process.

CONFORMING TO
       POSIX, BSD 4.3, SVID

SEE ALSO
       exec(c), fork(k), kill(l),  mkstemp(p),  tmpnam(m),  temp-
       nam(m), tmpfile(e)



Linux 0.99.11               1993-07-23                  GETPID(D)