RAISE(E)            Linux Programmer's Manual            RAISE(E)



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(l), signal(l), getpid(d)



GNU                         1995-08-31                   RAISE(E)