RAISE
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: August 31, 1995
NAME
raise - send a signal to the current process
SYNOPSIS
#include <signal.h>
int raise (int sig);
DESCRIPTION
The
raise
function sends a signal to the current process.
It is equivalent to
-
kill(getpid(),sig)
RETURN VALUE
0 on success, nonzero for failure.
CONFORMING TO
ANSI-C
SEE ALSO
kill(2), signal(2), getpid(2)