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| [9] | 1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
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| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement
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| 3 | .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
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| 4 | .\"
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| 5 | .\" @(#)getpid.2 6.3 (Berkeley) 5/13/86
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| 6 | .\"
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| 7 | .TH GETPID 2 "May 13, 1986"
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| 8 | .UC 4
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| 9 | .SH NAME
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| 10 | getpid, getppid \- get process identification
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| 11 | .SH SYNOPSIS
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| 12 | .ft B
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| 13 | .nf
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| 14 | #include <sys/types.h>
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| 15 | #include <unistd.h>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | pid_t getpid(void)
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| 18 | pid_t getppid(void)
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| 19 | .fi
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| 20 | .ft R
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| 21 | .SH DESCRIPTION
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| 22 | .B Getpid
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| 23 | returns
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| 24 | the process ID of
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| 25 | the current process.
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| 26 | Most often it is used
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| 27 | to generate uniquely-named temporary files.
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| 28 | .PP
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| 29 | .B Getppid
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| 30 | returns the process ID of the parent
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| 31 | of the current process.
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| 32 | .SH "SEE ALSO
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| 33 | .BR fork (2).
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