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diff --git a/man2/getpid.2 b/man2/getpid.2 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b5e500ab2 --- /dev/null +++ b/man2/getpid.2 @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +.\" Hey Emacs! This file is -*- nroff -*- source. +.\" +.\" Copyright 1993 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) +.\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this +.\" manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are +.\" preserved on all copies. +.\" +.\" Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this +.\" manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the +.\" entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a +.\" permission notice identical to this one. +.\" +.\" Since the Linux kernel and libraries are constantly changing, this +.\" manual page may be incorrect or out-of-date. The author(s) assume no +.\" responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from +.\" the use of the information contained herein. The author(s) may not +.\" have taken the same level of care in the production of this manual, +.\" which is licensed free of charge, as they might when working +.\" professionally. +.\" +.\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by +.\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work. +.TH GETPID 2 1993-07-23 "Linux 0.99.11" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.SH NAME +getpid, getppid \- get process identification +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B #include <sys/types.h> +.br +.B #include <unistd.h> +.sp +.B pid_t getpid(void); +.br +.B pid_t getppid(void); +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B getpid +returns the process ID of the current process. (This is often used by +routines that generate unique temporary file names.) + +.B getppid +returns the process ID of the parent of the current process. +.SH "CONFORMING TO" +POSIX, BSD 4.3, SVID +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR fork (2), +.BR kill (2), +.BR exec (3), +.BR mkstemp (3), +.BR tempnam (3), +.BR tmpfile (3), +.BR tmpnam (3) |