Re^2: is it possible to get PID for a command running background?

Thank you ikegami and other monks!

Yes, it's my impression that we may not be able to get PID for a system() launched process.

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Re^3: is it possible to get PID for a command running background? by ikegami (Patriarch) on Dec 11, 2013 at 15:12 UTC
You missed the point. The `system`-launched process ends before `system` returns, so why would you want the PID of a process that no longer exists. You don't want the PID of the process launched by system; you want the PID of some process launched by the `system`-launched process. What would that be for `system('foo & bar &')`?	[reply] [d/l] [select]