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<div><h1>processID -- the process identifier</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>processID()</tt></div>
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<li><div class="single">Outputs:<ul><li><span><span>an <a href="___Z__Z.html">integer</a></span>, the process identifier of the current Macaulay2 process</span></li>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div><table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : processID()
o1 = 11890</pre>
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<div class="single"><h2>See also</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="_group__I__D.html" title="the process group identifier">groupID</a> -- the process group identifier</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_set__Group__I__D.html" title="set the process group identifier">setGroupID</a> -- set the process group identifier</span></li>
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