Pgetppid

Section: Oct. 1, 1991 (2)
Updated: MiNT Programmer's Manual
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NAME

Pgetppid - get the process id for the parent of the current process

SYNOPSIS

WORD Pgetppid();

DESCRIPTION

Pgetppid returns the process id of the parent of the currently running process. The process id is a positive 16 bit integer. The call is always successful.

NOTES

If the current process was started directly by the kernel, then Pgetppid will return 0.