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Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 10:31:32 -0500
From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: is child PID always minor to parent PID?
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Javier Matos wrote:
> Hi, I need to know if the PID of a child process is always higher to
> parent PID because I made an algorithm to search a child and I want to
> know if I can start searching for a process that have a higher number
> than parent PID.

No, the PID of a child could be less than the parent if randomize PIDs
sysctl is set, or if the PID counter wraps.

The fork() call returns the child's pid.  Pay attention to that...

-- 
-Chuck