<TITLE>getpid</TITLE> <body bgcolor="#ffffcc"> <hr> <pre> <h3>GETPID(2) Linux Programmer's Manual GETPID(2) </h3> <h3>NAME </h3> getpid, getppid - get process identification <h3>SYNOPSIS </h3> #include <unistd.h> pid_t getpid(void); pid_t getppid(void); <h3>DESCRIPTION </h3> 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. <h3>CONFORMING TO </h3> POSIX, BSD 4.3, SVID </pre> <hr> <h3>SEE ALSO </h3><p> <a href=exec.htm>exec</a>, <a href=fork.htm>fork</a>, <a href=kill.htm>kill</a>, <a href=mkstemp.htm>mkstemp</a>, <a href=tmpnam.htm>tmpnam</a>, <a href=tempnam.htm>tempnam</a>, <a href=tmpfile.htm>tmpfile</a>, <pre> <h3>Linux 0.99.11 23 July 1993 1 </h3> </pre> <P> <hr> <p> <center> <table border=2 width=80%> <tr align=center> <td width=25%> <a href=../index.htm>Top</a> </td><td width=25%> <a href=../master_index.html>Master Index</a> </td><td width=25%> <a href=../SYNTAX/keywords.html>Keywords</a> </td><td width=25%> <a href=../FUNCTIONS/index.htm>Functions</a> </td> </tr> </table> </center> <p> <hr> This manual page was brought to you by <i>mjl_man V-2.0</i>
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