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Meaning of PID, PPID and TGID


What does the Linux kernel acronyms PID, PPID, TGID stand for?

I stumbled upon them at strace-pids.


Solution

    • PID: Process Id
    • PPID: Parent Process Id (the one which launched this PID)
    • TGID: Thread Group Id

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