raise

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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)



GNU				  1995-08-31			     RAISE(3)