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<h3>GETPID(2) Linux Programmer's Manual GETPID(2)
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<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
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<h3>SEE ALSO
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<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>,
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<h3>Linux 0.99.11 23 July 1993 1
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