NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       getpid, getppid - get process identification

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

       pid_t getpid(void);
       pid_t getppid(void);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       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.

CONFORMING TO    [Toc]    [Back]

       POSIX, BSD 4.3, SVID

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

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



Linux 0.99.11			  1993-07-23			     GETPID(2)