ppid
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# $EPIC: ppid.txt,v 1.2 2006/08/29 21:02:33 jnelson Exp $
Synopsis:
$ppid()
Technical:
This function ignores its argument and returns the parent process id as returned by the ppid(2) system call.
Practical:
If you wanted to send a signal to the shell that ran your epic client, then you would need its process id.
Returns:
The process id of the client's parent process, which is usually your shell.
History:
This function first appeared in ircII-2.2pre7.myc6.phone
ppid.txt · Last modified: 2006/08/29 21:02 by 127.0.0.1