summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/static/openbsd/man2/getpid.2
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorJacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com>2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400
committerJacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com>2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400
commita9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (patch)
tree9df484304b560466d145e662c1c254ff0e9ae0ba /static/openbsd/man2/getpid.2
parent160aa82b2d39c46ad33723d7d909cb4972efbb03 (diff)
docs: Added All OpenBSD Manuals
Diffstat (limited to 'static/openbsd/man2/getpid.2')
-rw-r--r--static/openbsd/man2/getpid.276
1 files changed, 76 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/static/openbsd/man2/getpid.2 b/static/openbsd/man2/getpid.2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3207348d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/openbsd/man2/getpid.2
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+.\" $OpenBSD: getpid.2,v 1.14 2022/12/30 23:12:12 jsg Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: getpid.2,v 1.5 1995/02/27 12:33:12 cgd Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
+.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
+.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+.\" without specific prior written permission.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" @(#)getpid.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
+.\"
+.Dd $Mdocdate: December 30 2022 $
+.Dt GETPID 2
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm getpid ,
+.Nm getppid
+.Nd get parent or calling process identification
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In unistd.h
+.Ft pid_t
+.Fn getpid void
+.Ft pid_t
+.Fn getppid void
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Fn getpid
+returns the process ID of the calling process.
+Though the ID is guaranteed to be unique, it should
+.Em NOT
+be used for constructing temporary file names; see
+.Xr mkstemp 3
+instead.
+.Pp
+.Fn getppid
+returns the process ID of the parent of the calling process.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+These functions are always successful, and no return value is
+reserved to indicate an error.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr gethostid 3
+.Sh STANDARDS
+.Fn getpid
+and
+.Fn getppid
+conform to
+.St -p1003.1-2008 .
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn getpid
+system call first appeared in
+.At v5 .
+The
+.Fn getppid
+function appeared in
+.At 32v .