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RAISE 3 ""
C 7
NAME
raise - send a signal to the current process
SYNOPSIS
int raise(int sig);
DESCRIPTION
The raise function sends the signal sig to the current process.
RETURNS
Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned. Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
Raise may fail and set errno for any of the errors specified for the library function getpid(2) and kill(2).
SEE ALSO
kill(2)
STANDARDS
Raise conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').