Thread: Getting a process ID

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    Question Getting a process ID

    Does anyone know how to get a process ID of a process external to the C++
    program? I've found getpid() with returns the process ID of the calling
    process. But I want to get the ID of another program, if thats possible.

    Cheers

    Chris

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