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instance method

Process::Status#pid

() -> ::Integer

pid → integer

static VALUE
pst_pid_m(VALUE self)
{
    rb_pid_t pid = pst_pid(self);
    return PIDT2NUM(pid);
}

Returns the process ID of the process:

Example

system("false")
$?.pid # => 1247002

See also #inspect #signaled? #exitstatus #stopped? also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0