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GETPID(2)           Linux Programmer's Manual           GETPID(2)

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(3), fork(2), kill(2),  mkstemp(3),  tmpnam(3),  temp
       nam(3), tmpfile(3)

Linux 0.99.11              23 July 1993                         1

