(octave.info)Process ID Information

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36.6 Process, Group, and User IDs
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 -- : pgid = getpgrp ()
     Return the process group id of the current process.

 -- : pid = getpid ()
     Return the process id of the current process.

     See also: Note: getppid.

 -- : pid = getppid ()
     Return the process id of the parent process.

     See also: Note: getpid.

 -- : euid = geteuid ()
     Return the effective user id of the current process.

     See also: Note: getuid.

 -- : uid = getuid ()
     Return the real user id of the current process.

     See also: Note: geteuid.

 -- : egid = getegid ()
     Return the effective group id of the current process.

     See also: Note: getgid.

 -- : gid = getgid ()
     Return the real group id of the current process.

     See also: Note: getegid.