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Random man page:  getppid(2) -- get parent or calling process identification
getpid() returns the process ID of the calling process. Though the ID is guaranteed to be unique, it should NOT be used for constructing temporary file names; see mkstemp(3) instead. getppid() returns...
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Ever wonder what those numbers after command names were, as in cat(1)?  It's
the section of the manual the man page is in.  "man man" will tell you more.
		-- David Scheidt
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