Re: [LIP] How to get the parent PID.

Sandeep posted in linux-india-programmers:
> > Given a PID, how to get the parent PID of it. Is there any library/system
> > call available for this.
> 
> You can use getppid(pid) system call to do this.

Huh? getppid is prototyped as:

       pid_t getppid(void);

Would you care to explain how it can be used to get the PPID of any process?

Binand

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