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authorrjohnson <rjohnson>1998-03-26 14:45:59 (GMT)
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+'\"
+'\" Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California.
+'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+'\"
+'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
+'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
+'\"
+'\" SCCS: @(#) pid.n 1.5 96/03/25 20:20:57
+'\"
+.so man.macros
+.TH pid n 7.0 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
+.BS
+'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
+.SH NAME
+pid \- Retrieve process id(s)
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+\fBpid \fR?\fIfileId\fR?
+.BE
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.PP
+If the \fIfileId\fR argument is given then it should normally
+refer to a process pipeline created with the \fBopen\fR command.
+In this case the \fBpid\fR command will return a list whose elements
+are the process identifiers of all the processes in the pipeline,
+in order.
+The list will be empty if \fIfileId\fR refers to an open file
+that isn't a process pipeline.
+If no \fIfileId\fR argument is given then \fBpid\fR returns the process
+identifier of the current process.
+All process identifiers are returned as decimal strings.
+
+.SH KEYWORDS
+file, pipeline, process identifier