In GHC in the Posix module, there's GetProcessID: Prelude> :m Posix Prelude Posix> getProcessID Prelude Posix> it 16151 -- Hal Daume III | hdaume@isi.edu "Arrest this man, he talks in maths." | www.isi.edu/~hdaume On 22 May 2003, Peter Simons wrote:
Please pardon me if it turns out I'm just blind, but is there any function I can use to get some "unique" information to use for temporary file names and the like? A function that will tell me my process ID, for instance?
I looked through Hugs and GHC, yet couldn't find anything but Data.Unique, and that looks like big-time overkill for the purpose.
Any pointers are appreciated!
Peter
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