How to get the current ProcessID?
The upcoming .NET 5 introduces Environment.ProcessId
which should be preferred over Process.GetCurrentProcess().Id
as it avoids allocations and the need to dispose the Process object.
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/performance-improvements-in-net-5/ shows a benchmark where Environment.ProcessId
only takes 3ns instead of 68ns with Process.GetCurrentProcess().Id
.
Get a reference to the current process and use System.Diagnostics
's Process.Id
property:
int nProcessID = Process.GetCurrentProcess().Id;
Process.GetCurrentProcess().Id
Or, since the Process
class is IDisposable
, and the Process ID isn't going to change while your application's running, you could have a helper class with a static property:
public static int ProcessId
{
get
{
if (_processId == null)
{
using(var thisProcess = System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess())
{
_processId = thisProcess.Id;
}
}
return _processId.Value;
}
}
private static int? _processId;