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


NAME

     raise -- send a signal to the current process


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 process.


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 getpid(2) and kill(2).


SEE ALSO

     kill(2)


STANDARDS

     The raise() function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C89'').

NetBSD 4.0                       June 4, 1993                       NetBSD 4.0