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



NAME
       getpid, getppid - get process identification

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

       pid_tgetpid(void);
       pid_tgetppid(void);

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

       getppid returns the process ID of the parent of the current process.

CONFORMINGTO
       POSIX, BSD 4.3, SVID

SEEALSO
       exec(3), fork(2),  kill(2),  mkstemp(3),  tmpnam(3),  tempnam(3),  tmp-
       file(3)



Linux 0.99.11                     1993-07-23                         GETPID(2)