raise()

NAME

raise() - send a signal to the current process

SYNOPSIS

#include <signal.h>

int raise (int signum)

DESCRIPTION

The raise(3) function sends the signal signum to the current process.

This is equivalent to

kill(getpid(),signum)

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(3) 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)