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#include <windows.h>
#include <tlhelp32.h>
#include <stdio.h>
DWORD getppid()
{
HANDLE hSnapshot;
PROCESSENTRY32 pe32;
DWORD ppid = 0, pid = GetCurrentProcessId();
hSnapshot = CreateToolhelp32Snapshot( TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS, 0 );
__try{
if( hSnapshot == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE ) __leave;
ZeroMemory( &pe32, sizeof( pe32 ) );
pe32.dwSize = sizeof( pe32 );
if( !Process32First( hSnapshot, &pe32 ) ) __leave;
do{
if( pe32.th32ProcessID == pid ){
ppid = pe32.th32ParentProcessID;
break;
}
}while( Process32Next( hSnapshot, &pe32 ) );
}
__finally{
if( hSnapshot != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE ) CloseHandle( hSnapshot );
}
return ppid;
}
int main(){
printf( "%lx\n", getppid() );
return 0;
}
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vbpc commented Jan 5, 2019

So great.... especially error handling is done.

@michael-o
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What a pain...

@El-Wumbus
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Who at Microsoft thought this was okay?

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