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GETPID(2)                     System Calls Manual                    GETPID(2)



NAME
       getpid, getppid - get process ids

SYNOPSIS
       #include <u.h>
       #include <libc.h>

       int getpid(void)

       int getppid(void)

DESCRIPTION
       Getpid  reads /dev/pid (see cons(3)) and converts it to get the process
       id of the current process, a number guaranteed to be unique  among  all
       running processes on the machine executing getpid.

       Getppid  reads /dev/ppid (see cons(3)) and converts it to get the id of
       the parent of the current process.

SOURCE
       /sys/src/libc/9sys

SEE ALSO
       intro(2), cons(3), proc(3)

DIAGNOSTICS
       Returns 0 and sets errstr if unsuccessful.



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