# $EPIC: pid.txt,v 1.2 2006/08/19 03:58:07 sthalik Exp $
======Synopsis:======
$__pid__()

======Technical:======
   * This function ignores its arguments
   * This function returns the current process id of EPIC.

======Practical:======
If you wanted to send a signal to your epic client, then you would need
its process id.

======Returns:======
The client's process id.

======History:======
This function first appeared in ircII-2.2pre7.myc6.phone