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The getpid program

getpid stores its process ID in a given environment variable, then executes a program.

Interface

     getpid [ -E | -e ] var prog...

getpid stores its PID in the var variable, then execs into prog with its arguments.

Options

• -e : no autoimport. This is the default.
• -E : autoimport. Instead of exec'ing into prog..., exec into importas -ui var var prog.... This substitutes var into the command line instead of putting it into the environment.

Notes

• var must be given without a dollar !
• var must not contain =.