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| + | # $EPIC: ppid.txt,v 1.2 2006/08/29 21:02:33 jnelson Exp $ | ||
| + | ======Synopsis:====== | ||
| + | $[[ppid]]() | ||
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| + | ======Technical:====== | ||
| + | This function ignores its argument and returns the parent process id as | ||
| + | returned by the ppid(2) system call. | ||
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| + | ======Practical:====== | ||
| + | If you wanted to send a signal to the shell that ran your epic client, | ||
| + | then you would need its process id. | ||
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| + | ======Returns:====== | ||
| + | The process id of the client's parent process, which is usually your shell. | ||
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| + | ======History:====== | ||
| + | This function first appeared in ircII-2.2pre7.myc6.phone | ||
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