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+# $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