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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
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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.


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