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std::getpid

returns the process ID

Parameters

None

Result

id: an integer describing the process ID

Description

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Topic

POSIX

See also

std::getppid returns the parent process ID
std::getuid returns the real user ID
std::getgid returns the real group ID
(defined in runtime_templates/posix.template)