NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       raise - send a signal to the current process

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       #include <signal.h>

       int raise (int sig);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       The raise function sends a signal to the current process.  It is equivalent
 to

	      kill(getpid(),sig)

RETURN VALUE    [Toc]    [Back]

       0 on success, nonzero for failure.

CONFORMING TO    [Toc]    [Back]

       ANSI-C

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       kill(2), signal(2), getpid(2)



GNU				  1995-08-31			      RAISE(3)