Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!rutgers!orstcs!nucthy.physics.orst.edu!ghe From: ghe@nucthy.physics.orst.edu (Guangliang He) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Parent process ID Message-ID: <12046@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> Date: 10 Aug 89 23:04:22 GMT Reply-To: ghe@nucthy.physics.orst.edu (Guangliang He) Organization: Dept. of Physics, Oregon State University Lines: 13 We know the shell variable $$ means the process ID of current process. Is there a variable to represent the Parent Process ID (PPID)? Any hint will be welcome. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | USMAIL: Guangliang He | INTERNET: ghe@PHYSICS.ORST.EDU Department of Physics | ghe@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU Oregon State University | BITNET: hegl@orstvm.bitnet Corvallis, OR 97331 | PHONE: (503) 737-4631 | -----------------------------------------------------------------------