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raise(3C)

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() 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(3C) for a list of signals. 

RETURN VALUES

raise() returns zero if the operation succeeds. Otherwise, raise() returns −1 and errno is set to indicate the error. 

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
MT-Level MT-Safe

SEE ALSO

getpid(2), kill(2), signal(3C), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.6  —  Last change: 29 Dec 1996

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