RAISE(3)

NAME
raise - send a signal to the calling process

SYNOPSIS
#include <signal.h>

int raise(int sig);

DESCRIPTION
The raise() function sends a signal to the calling process. It is equivalent to

    kill(getpid(), sig);

RETURN VALUE
0 on success, nonzero for failure.

CONFORMING TO
C89, C99.

SEE ALSO
getpid(2), kill(2), signal(2)

COLOPHON
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