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Method Tools.Application.Backgrounder()->get_child_pid()

Method get_child_pid

int get_child_pid()

Description

get the process object for the child process, if any.

Returns

the process id of the child process.

Note

when running in environments that don't have fork , such as Windows, the child process id will be the current process. Therefore, this method should only be used to get the process id for informational purposes.