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raise(3C)


raise -- send signal to program

Synopsis

   #include <signal.h>
   

int raise (int sig);

Description

raise sends the signal sig to the executing program.

raise uses kill to send the signal to the executing program:

   kill(getpid(), sig);

See kill(2) for a detailed list of failure conditions. See signal(2) for a list of signals.

Return values

raise returns zero if the operation succeeds. Otherwise, raise returns -1 and errno is set to indicate the error.

References

getpid(2), kill(2), signal(2)
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