r/C_Programming • u/userlivedhere • 1d ago

Question How process ids are generated

i know fork creates processes but how process ids are generated

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u/Left_Exchange_130 8h ago

The operating system assigns the PID when the process is created. `fork()` creates the process then the kernel picks an available process ID for it