GETPPID(3P)

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💖 GETPPID(3P) — POSIX Programmer's Manual 💖

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🌸 PROLOG 🌸

hey so real talk first: this manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (so like, go check the corresponding Linux manual page for the details of Linux behavior), or honestly the interface may not even be implemented on Linux. iykyk ✨

✨ NAME ✨

getppid — get the parent process ID 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <unistd.h>

pid_t getppid(void);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

The getppid() function shall return the parent process ID of the calling process. that's it, that's the whole vibe. it just tells you who your parent is. main character energy, honestly 💜

🔥 RETURN VALUE 🔥

The getppid() function shall always be successful and no return value is reserved to indicate an error. like, it literally cannot fail. no cap. it's giving flawless ✨

💀 ERRORS 💀

No errors are defined. not a single one 🎀

The following sections are informative.

🍓 EXAMPLES 🍓

None.

🌈 APPLICATION USAGE 🌈

None.

🧚 RATIONALE 🧚

None.

⭐ FUTURE DIRECTIONS ⭐

None.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

  • exec
  • fork()
  • getpgid()
  • getpgrp()
  • getpid()
  • kill()
  • setpgid()
  • setsid()

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

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

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