# $EPIC: ppid.txt,v 1.2 2006/08/29 21:02:33 jnelson Exp $
======Synopsis:======
$[[ppid]]()

======Technical:======
This function ignores its argument and returns the parent process id as
returned by the ppid(2) system call.

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

======Returns:======
The process id of the client's parent process, which is usually your shell.

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