INF: getpid() Returns Time with MS-DOS Earlier than 4.0

ID Number: Q41160

5.00 5.10 6.00 6.00a 6.00ax 7.00

MS-DOS

Summary:

In Microsoft C versions 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0ax, and C/C++ version

7.0, under MS-DOS versions earlier than 4.0, the getpid() function

returns the current time rather then the expected process ID.

Additional reference words: 5.00 5.10 6.00 6.00a 6.00ax 7.00