RAISE(3)		   Linux Programmer's Manual		      RAISE(3)



NAME
       raise - send a signal to the current process

SYNOPSIS
       #include <signal.h>

       int raise(int sig);

DESCRIPTION
       The  raise()  function  sends  a	 signal to the current process.	 It is
       equivalent to

	      kill(getpid(), sig);

RETURN VALUE
       0 on success, non-zero for failure.

CONFORMING TO
       C89, C99.

SEE ALSO
       getpid(2), kill(2), signal(2)



GNU				  1995-08-31			      RAISE(3)