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instance method

Process::Status#pid

pid → integer

Returns the process ID of the process:

Example
system("false")
$?.pid # => 1247002
See also #inspect #signaled? #exitstatus #stopped? also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0