1RAISE(3) Linux Programmer's Manual RAISE(3)234
NAME
6raise - send a signal to the current process7
SYNOPSIS
9#include <signal.h>1011int raise(int sig);12
DESCRIPTION
14The raise() function sends a signal to the current process. It is15equivalent to1617kill(getpid(), sig);18
RETURN VALUE
200 on success, non-zero for failure.21
CONFORMING TO
23C89, C99.24
SEE ALSO
26getpid(2), kill(2), signal(2)27282930GNU 1995-08-31 RAISE(3)