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authorLaurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org>2014-09-18 20:03:23 +0000
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+<h1> The <tt>getpid</tt> program </h1>
+
+<p>
+<tt>getpid</tt> stores its process ID in a given environment variable,
+then executes a program.
+</p>
+
+<h2> Interface </h2>
+
+<pre>
+ getpid <em>var</em> <em>prog...</em>
+</pre>
+
+<p>
+<tt>getpid</tt> stores its PID in the <em>var</em> variable, then
+execs into <em>prog</em> with its arguments.
+</p>
+
+<h2> Notes </h2>
+
+<ul>
+ <li> <em>var</em> must be given without a dollar&nbsp;! </li>
+ <li> <em>var</em> must not contain <tt>=</tt>. </li>
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