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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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