Re: process id as a temp file name in 4gl code

Ramki Natesan (rnatesan@bactc.com) wrote: : Hi, : Could someone help me how to get process_id number, in 4GL, to create : a tmp file under the name of the "pid.dat". : eg: START REPORT xxxx TO pid.dat : thanks, : Ramki. Hard way is to write a 4GL-callable C function. Then you can use the getpid() system call directly. Easy way is to launch your 4GL program from a shell script, like: #!/bin/sh exec fglgo myprog.4go $$ Then arg_val(1) returns the pid in myprog.4gl. -Jeff