redhat man page for raise

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, nonzero for failure.

CONFORMING TO
       ANSI-C

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

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