FUNCTION::PPID(3stap)

✨ function::ppid — the Context Functions era ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the 3stap section of the SystemTap Tapset Reference — this one lives in the Context Functions family and it is so short and so useful. let's get into it 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

function::ppid — returns the process ID of a target process's parent process

like. it tells you who the parent is. the mom. the dad. the origin story. the PID of the process that spawned your process. 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ppid:long()

that's it. that's the whole vibe. returns a long. no drama. 🎀

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• None — nope, zero, nada, not a single argument. it just knows. 🙈

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

This function returns the process ID of the target process's parent process.

fr fr that's the whole thing. you call it, it hands you back a long holding the PID of the parent of the target process. no arguments required, no setup, no nothing — just pure unproblematic parent-having energy. 👑

ngl if you were hoping for a 40-option flag buffet, this is not that page. this is a one-line banger. and honestly? it ate. 💀

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• tapset::context(3stap)

go read that one too, it's giving lore. 🌈

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SystemTap Tapset Reference, Version ... — September 2026. that's the source, that's the version, that's the date, and that's a wrap bestie 💜🦋✨ periodt.