GETPID(3P)

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💖 GETPID(3P) — bestie's edition 💖

okay so this is a page from the POSIX Programmer's Manual, and you're gonna want the tea first, so here it is.

🫶 heads up: the Linux implementation of this interface may differ (so like, go check the corresponding Linux manual page for the deets on Linux behavior), or honestly the interface might not even be implemented on Linux at all. rude, but okay.

✨ PROLOG ✨

This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ — consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior — or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

🎀 NAME 🎀

getpid — get the process ID

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <unistd.h>

pid_t getpid(void);

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

The getpid() function shall return the process ID of the calling process. that's it. that's the whole vibe. it knows who you are 💅

⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

The getpid() function shall always be successful and no return value is reserved to indicate an error. like, she does not miss. no error path, no drama, no cap.

💀 ERRORS 💀

No errors are defined.

ngl the following sections are informative — meaning they're the bonus tracks, not the main album.

🍓 EXAMPLES 🍓

None.

💜 APPLICATION USAGE 💜

None.

🧚 RATIONALE 🧚

None.

🌈 FUTURE DIRECTIONS 🌈

None.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

exec, fork(), getpgrp(), getppid(), kill(), mkdtemp(), setpgid(), setsid()

The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, <sys_types.h>, <unistd.h>

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