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-rw-r--r--doc/getpid.html4
-rw-r--r--src/execline/getpid.c7
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/getpid.html b/doc/getpid.html
index ef1410c..da4df66 100644
--- a/doc/getpid.html
+++ b/doc/getpid.html
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ then executes a program.
<h2> Interface </h2>
<pre>
- getpid [ -E | -e ] <em>var</em> <em>prog...</em>
+ getpid [ -E | -e ] [ -P | -p ] <em>var</em> <em>prog...</em>
</pre>
<p>
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ execs into <em>prog</em> with its arguments.
<em>prog...</em>, exec into <tt>importas -ui <em>var</em> <em>var</em>
<em>prog...</em></tt>. This substitutes <em>var</em> into the command
line instead of putting it into the environment. </li>
+ <li> <tt>-p</tt>&nbsp;: get the pid of the current process. This is the default. </li>
+ <li> <tt>-P</tt>&nbsp;: use <tt>getpid</tt>'s <em>parent</em> pid instead. </li>
</ul>
<h2> Notes </h2>
diff --git a/src/execline/getpid.c b/src/execline/getpid.c
index 9bd7de5..058fe1b 100644
--- a/src/execline/getpid.c
+++ b/src/execline/getpid.c
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@
#include <execline/execline.h>
-#define USAGE "getpid [ -E | -e ] variable prog..."
+#define USAGE "getpid [ -E | -e ] [ -P | -p ] variable prog..."
#define dieusage() strerr_dieusage(100, USAGE)
int main (int argc, char const *const *argv)
{
int doimport = 0 ;
+ int doppid = 0 ;
char fmt[PID_FMT] ;
PROG = "getpid" ;
{
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ int main (int argc, char const *const *argv)
{
case 'E' : doimport = 1 ; break ;
case 'e' : doimport = 0 ; break ;
+ case 'P' : doppid = 1 ; break ;
+ case 'p' : doppid = 0 ; break ;
default : dieusage() ;
}
}
@@ -35,6 +38,6 @@ int main (int argc, char const *const *argv)
if (argc < 2) dieusage() ;
if (!argv[0][0] || strchr(argv[0], '=')) strerr_dief1x(100, "invalid variable name") ;
- fmt[pid_fmt(fmt, getpid())] = 0 ;
+ fmt[pid_fmt(fmt, doppid ? getppid() : getpid())] = 0 ;
el_modif_and_exec(argv + 1, argv[0], fmt, doimport) ;
}