RAISE(3) Library Functions Manual RAISE(3)
NAME
raisesend 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 specified for the library functions _lwp_self(2) and _lwp_kill(2).
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
The raise() function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (“ANSI C”) and Version 2 of the Single UNIX Specification.