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Standard C Library Functionsraise(3C)


NAME

 raise - send signal to program

SYNOPSIS

 
#include <signal.h>
int raise(int sig);

DESCRIPTION

 

The raise() function sends the signal sig to the executing program. It uses the kill() function to send the signal to the executing program, as follows:

kill(getpid(), sig);

See the kill(2) manual page for a detailed list of failure conditions and the signal(3C) manual page for a list of signals.

RETURN VALUES

 

Upon successful completion, 0 is returned. Otherwise, -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

ATTRIBUTES

 

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
MT-LevelMT-Safe

SEE ALSO

 

getpid(2), kill(2), signal(3C), attributes(5)


SunOS 5.9Go To TopLast Changed 29 Dec 1996

 
      
      
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