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+.\" Hey Emacs! This file is -*- nroff -*- source.
+.\"
+.\" Copyright 1993 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
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+.\"
+.\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by
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+.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)