ProcessID in *nix

[Fairlight]

At Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 12:33:26PM -0400 or thereabouts, 
suspect Bob Stockler was observed uttering:
> 
> /usr/local/bin/getppid:
> 
>   #!/bin/ksh
>   print $PPID

Also available in bash (1.x and 2.x).  However, it's -not- available in
straight Bourne, at least on Solaris.

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