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From: Peter Stephenson <p.stephenson@samsung.com>
To: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>, zsh-workers@zsh.org
Subject: Re: shell function in the background?
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On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 08:55:49 -0700
Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com> wrote:
> If you "zmodload zsh/system" the parameter $pid becomes available and has
> the value you want.

Somewhat belated, but it's actually $sysparams[pid] to reduce the
namespace pollution.

pws