Sometimes it is neccessary to get the PID of the actual running task (job). The programm getParentId is made for this. You can download the program here: www.sos-berlin.com/download/getParentId.zip
Please unzip to any location. You will find the exe file getParentId.exe. Executing this exe results in the PID to STDOUT. Here is an example job that set an environment variable PID with the pid.
This program is presently working on 32 bit systems only.
<job name="job7">
<script language="shell">
<![CDATA[
c:\temp\getParentId > 1.pid
set /p PID=<1.pid
del 1.pid
echo pid= %PID%
]]>
</script>
<run_time />
</job>