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NAME

       raise — send a signal to the executing process

SYNOPSIS

       #include <signal.h>

       int raise(int sig);

DESCRIPTION

       The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any
       conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is  unintentional.
       This volume of POSIX.1‐2008 defers to the ISO C standard.

       The  raise()  function shall send the signal sig to the executing thread or process.  If a
       signal handler is called, the raise() function shall not return  until  after  the  signal
       handler does.

       The effect of the raise() function shall be equivalent to calling:

           pthread_kill(pthread_self(), sig);

RETURN VALUE

       Upon  successful  completion,  0  shall  be returned. Otherwise, a non-zero value shall be
       returned and errno shall be set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

       The raise() function shall fail if:

       EINVAL The value of the sig argument is an invalid signal number.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       None.

RATIONALE

       The term ``thread'' is an extension to the ISO C standard.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       kill(), sigaction()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, <signal.h>, <sys_types.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and  reproduced  in  electronic  form  from  IEEE  Std
       1003.1,  2013  Edition,  Standard  for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System
       Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013  by  the
       Institute  of  Electrical  and  Electronics  Engineers,  Inc and The Open Group.  (This is
       POSIX.1-2008 with the  2013  Technical  Corrigendum  1  applied.)  In  the  event  of  any
       discrepancy  between  this  version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the
       original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The  original  Standard
       can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .

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