raise(3) BSD Library Functions Manual raise(3)
NAME
raise -- send a signal to the current process
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <signal.h>
int
raise(int sig);
DESCRIPTION
The raise() function sends the signal sig to the current process.
RETURN VALUES
The raise() function returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise the
value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the
error.
ERRORS
The raise() function may fail and set errno for any of the errors speci-
fied for the library functions getpid(2) and kill(2).
SEE ALSO
kill(2)
STANDARDS
The raise() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (``ISO C90'').
BSD June 4, 1993 BSD
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