raise (3)

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)