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| author | Rodney W. Grimes <rgrimes@FreeBSD.org> | 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +0000 |
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| committer | Rodney W. Grimes <rgrimes@FreeBSD.org> | 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +0000 |
| commit | 58f0484fa251c266ede97b591b499fe3dd4f578e (patch) | |
| tree | 41932a7161f4cd72005330a9c69747e7bab2ee5b /lib/libc/sys/getpid.2 | |
| parent | fb49e767ba942f74b1cee8814e085e5f2615ac53 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/getpid.2 b/lib/libc/sys/getpid.2 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..5f77706f30f9 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/sys/getpid.2 @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)getpid.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" +.Dd June 4, 1993 +.Dt GETPID 2 +.Os BSD 4 +.Sh NAME +.Nm getpid , +.Nm getppid +.Nd get parent or calling process identification +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <unistd.h> +.Ft pid_t +.Fn getpid void +.Ft pid_t +.Fn getppid void +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Fn Getpid +returns +the process ID of +the calling process. +The ID is guaranteed to be unique and is +useful for constructing temporary file names. +.Pp +.Fn Getppid +returns the process ID of the parent +of the calling process. +.Sh ERRORS +The +.Fn getpid +and +.Fn getppid +functions are always successful, and no return value is reserved to +indicate an error. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr gethostid 2 +.Sh STANDARDS +.Fn Getpid +and +.Fn getppid +conform to IEEE Std 1003.1-1988 +.Pq Dq Tn POSIX . |
