RAISE(3C)                            SysV                            RAISE(3C)



NAME
     raise - send a signal

SYNOPSIS
     #include <signal.h>

     int raise(sig)
     int sig;

DESCRIPTION
     The raise function sends the signal specified by sig to the executing
     program.  See signal(2) for a complete list of signal numbers.

DIAGNOSTICS
     Upon successful completion of the raise function, a value of 0 (zero) is
     returned. Otherwise, a nonzero value is returned and errno is set to
     indicate the error.

ERRORS
     The raise function fails if

     [EINVAL]  The value of the signal argument is an invalid or unsupported
               signal number.

SEE ALSO
     signal(2).