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-.TH GETPID 2 2017-11-26 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH GETPID 2 2019-03-06 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
getpid, getppid \- get process identification
.SH SYNOPSIS
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.PP
On Alpha, instead of a pair of
-.BR getpid "() and " getppid ()
+.BR getpid ()
+and
+.BR getppid ()
system calls, a single
.BR getxpid ()
system call is provided, which returns a pair of PID and parent PID.