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RAISE(3)                NetBSD Library Functions Manual               RAISE(3)


NAME

     raise -- send a signal to the current thread


LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)


SYNOPSIS

     #include <signal.h>

     int
     raise(int sig);


DESCRIPTION

     The raise() function sends the signal sig to the current thread.


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() function may fail and set errno for any of the errors speci-
     fied for the library functions _lwp_self(2) and _lwp_kill(2).


SEE ALSO

     kill(2)


STANDARDS

     The raise() function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C89'') and
     Version 2 of the Single UNIX Specification (``SUSv2'').


NetBSD 5.1                     January 29, 2009                     NetBSD 5.1