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

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