raise (3)

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)

GNU                               1995-08-31                          raise(3)