get process id

[Kenneth Brody]

Fairlight wrote:
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> Keeping in mind that the PID itself is not unique unless bound to a date
> and time, since PID-space recycles at around 32000-ish on most 32bit
> operating systems, and even some 64bit ones (Solaris 7 and 8 come to mind).

Well, it's unique during its lifetime.  Depending on the purpose, this
may be sufficient.

> Ken, does USER directly exec() or does it use system()?

system() and popen() don't allow the two-way pipe that USER needs, so
filePro uses fork()/exec() here.

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