getpid
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NAME
getpid, getppid - get process identification
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
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 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(2), fork(2), kill(2),
mkstemp(3), tmpnam(3), tempnam(3), tmpfile(3)
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