NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     raise - send a signal to the current process

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <signal.h>

     int
     raise(int sig);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The raise() function sends the signal sig to the current process.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.  Otherwise, a value
     of -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the
     error.

ERRORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The raise() function may fail and set errno for any of the errors specified
 for the library functions getpid(2) and kill(2).

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     kill(2)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The raise() function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').

BSD                              June 4, 1993                              BSD