raise(3)

Usage

#include <signal.h>

int raise(int sig);

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

The raise() function sends a signal to the calling process or thread. In a single-threaded program it is equivalent to

kill(getpid(), sig);

In a multithreaded program it is equivalent to

pthread_kill(pthread_self(), sig);

If the signal causes a handler to be called, raise() will return only after the signal handler has returned.

raise() returns 0 on success, and nonzero for failure.

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

Interface	Attribute	Value
raise()	Thread safety	MT-Safe

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