Add process::current_handle()

2 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/libbutl/process.cxx b/libbutl/process.cxx
index 0bfff03..e416807 100644
--- a/libbutl/process.cxx
+++ b/libbutl/process.cxx
@@ -846,6 +846,12 @@ namespace butl
     return getpid ();
   }
 
+  process::handle_type process::
+  current_handle ()
+  {
+    return getpid ();
+  }
+
   // process_exit
   //
   process_exit::
@@ -2078,6 +2084,15 @@ namespace butl
     return GetCurrentProcessId ();
   }
 
+  process::handle_type process::
+  current_handle ()
+  {
+    // Note that the returned handle is a pseudo handle (-1) that does not
+    // need to be closed.
+    //
+    return GetCurrentProcess ();
+  }
+
   // process_exit
   //
   process_exit::
diff --git a/libbutl/process.hxx b/libbutl/process.hxx
index 5a6837f..bbb7c89 100644
--- a/libbutl/process.hxx
+++ b/libbutl/process.hxx
@@ -629,6 +629,9 @@ namespace butl
   public:
     handle_type handle;
 
+    static handle_type
+    current_handle ();
+
     // Absence means that the exit information is not (yet) known. This can be
     // because you haven't called wait() yet or because wait() failed.
     //