NAME

       getpid, getppid - get process identification

SYNOPSIS

       #include <unistd.h>
       pid_t getpid(void);
       pid_t getppid(void);

DESCRIPTION

       getpid  returns  the  process  ID  of the current process.
       (This is often used by routines that generate unique  tem-
       porary file names.)
       getppid  returns  the process ID of the parent of the cur-
       rent process.

CONFORMING TO

       POSIX, BSD 4.3, SVID

SEE ALSO

       exec(2), fork(2), kill(2),
       mkstemp(3), tmpnam(3), tempnam(3), tmpfile(3)