NAME

raise − send signal to program

SYNOPSIS

#include <signal.h>

int raise (int sig);

DESCRIPTION

raise sends the signal sig to the executing program. 

raise returns zero if the operation succeeds. Otherwise, raise returns −1 and errno is set to indicate the error.  raise uses kill to send the signal to the executing program:

kill(getpid(), sig);

See kill(2) for a detailed list of failure conditions.  See signal(2) for a list of signals. 

SEE ALSO

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

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