getpid, getppid - get process identification
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#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(3), fork(2), kill(2), mkstemp(3), tmpnam(3), temp
nam(3), tmpfile(3)
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