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67f0f50d | 23 | .TH GETPID 2 2008-09-23 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
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24 | .SH NAME |
25 | getpid, getppid \- get process identification | |
26 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
27 | .B #include <sys/types.h> | |
28 | .br | |
29 | .B #include <unistd.h> | |
30 | .sp | |
31 | .B pid_t getpid(void); | |
32 | .br | |
33 | .B pid_t getppid(void); | |
34 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
e511ffb6 | 35 | .BR getpid () |
a1ffe9f5 | 36 | returns the process ID of the calling process. |
c13182ef | 37 | (This is often used by |
2c5f1089 | 38 | routines that generate unique temporary filenames.) |
fea681da | 39 | |
e511ffb6 | 40 | .BR getppid () |
a1ffe9f5 | 41 | returns the process ID of the parent of the calling process. |
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42 | .SH ERRORS |
43 | These functions are always successful. | |
47297adb | 44 | .SH CONFORMING TO |
44a2c328 | 45 | POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD, SVr4. |
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46 | .SH NOTES |
47 | Since glibc version 2.3.4, | |
48 | the glibc wrapper function for | |
49 | .BR getpid () | |
50 | caches PIDs, | |
51 | so as to avoid additional system calls when a process calls | |
52 | .BR getpid () | |
53 | repeatedly. | |
54 | Normally this caching is invisible, | |
55 | but its correct operation relies on support in the wrapper functions for | |
56 | .BR fork (2), | |
57 | .BR vfork (2), | |
58 | and | |
59 | .BR clone (2): | |
60 | if an application bypasses the glibc wrappers for these system calls by using | |
61 | .BR syscall (2), | |
62 | then a call to | |
63 | .BR getpid () | |
64 | in the child will return the wrong value | |
65 | (to be precise: it will return the PID of the parent process). | |
66 | .\" The following program demonstrates this "feature": | |
67 | .\" | |
68 | .\" #define _GNU_SOURCE | |
69 | .\" #include <sys/syscall.h> | |
70 | .\" #include <sys/wait.h> | |
71 | .\" #include <stdio.h> | |
72 | .\" #include <stdlib.h> | |
73 | .\" #include <unistd.h> | |
74 | .\" | |
75 | .\" int | |
76 | .\" main(int argc, char *argv[]) | |
77 | .\" { | |
78 | .\" /* The following statement fills the getpid() cache */ | |
79 | .\" | |
80 | .\" printf("parent PID = %ld\n", (long) getpid()); | |
81 | .\" | |
82 | .\" if (syscall(SYS_fork) == 0) { | |
83 | .\" if (getpid() != syscall(SYS_getpid)) | |
84 | .\" printf("child getpid() mismatch: getpid()=%ld; " | |
85 | .\" "syscall(SYS_getpid)=%ld\n", | |
86 | .\" (long) getpid(), (long) syscall(SYS_getpid)); | |
87 | .\" exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); | |
88 | .\" } | |
89 | .\" wait(NULL); | |
90 | .\"} | |
91 | See also | |
92 | .BR clone (2) | |
93 | for discussion of a case where | |
94 | .BR getpid () | |
95 | may return the wrong value even when invoking | |
96 | .BR clone (2) | |
97 | via the glibc wrapper function. | |
47297adb | 98 | .SH SEE ALSO |
67f0f50d | 99 | .BR clone (2), |
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100 | .BR fork (2), |
101 | .BR kill (2), | |
102 | .BR exec (3), | |
103 | .BR mkstemp (3), | |
104 | .BR tempnam (3), | |
105 | .BR tmpfile (3), | |
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106 | .BR tmpnam (3), |
107 | .BR credentials (7) |