RAISE(3)                  386BSD Programmer's Manual                  RAISE(3)

NAME
     raise - send a signal to the current process

SYNOPSIS
     #include <signal.h>

     int
     raise(int sig)

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

RETURN VALUES
     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
     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
     kill(2)

STANDARDS
     The raise() function conforms to ANSI C3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').

BSD Experimental                 June 29, 1991                               1