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PSX_GETPPID - Gets the process ID of the parent process

Description:
The routine obtains the process identification number of the parent process and returns the value in PID.

Invocation:
CALL PSX_GETPPID( PID, STATUS )

Arguments:

PID = INTEGER (Returned)
The value of the process ID of the parent process.
STATUS = INTEGER (Given)
The global status.

Notes:

References

Copyright
Copyright (C) 1991 Science & Engineering Research Council


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PSX POSIX interface routines
Starlink User Note 121
P M Allan
A J Chipperfield
10 April 2003
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk

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