RAISE(3) BSD Library Functions Manual RAISE(3)

NAME
     rraaiissee - send a signal to the current process

LLIIBBRRAARRYY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
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     int
     rraaiissee(int sig);

DESCRIPTION
     The rraaiissee() function sends the signal sig to the current process.

RETURN VALUES
     The rraaiissee() function returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise the
     value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the
     error.

EERRRROORRSS
     The rraaiissee() function may fail and set errno for any of the errors speci-
     fied for the library functions getpid(2) and kill(2).

SEE ALSO
     kill(2)

STANDARDS     The rraaiissee() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (``ISO C90'').

BSD                              June 4, 1993                              BSD