The getpid program
getpid stores its process ID in a given environment variable, then executes a program.
Interface
getpid [ -E | -e ] [ -P | -p ] 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.
- -p : get the pid of the current process. This is the default.
- -P : use getpid's parent pid instead.
Notes
- var must be given without a dollar!
- var must not contain =.