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328949fcf0SJilles Tjoelker.Dd May 7, 2010
3358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dt RAISE 3
3458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Os
3558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
3658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nm raise
378949fcf0SJilles Tjoelker.Nd send a signal to the current thread
3825bb73e0SAlexey Zelkin.Sh LIBRARY
3925bb73e0SAlexey Zelkin.Lb libc
4058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS
4132eef9aeSRuslan Ermilov.In signal.h
4258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Ft int
4358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn raise "int sig"
4458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
4558f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe
4658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn raise
4758f0484fSRodney W. Grimesfunction sends the signal
4858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa sig
498949fcf0SJilles Tjoelkerto the current thread.
5058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh RETURN VALUES
51b1250632SYaroslav Tykhiy.Rv -std raise
5258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh ERRORS
5358f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe
5458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn raise
5558f0484fSRodney W. Grimesfunction
5658f0484fSRodney W. Grimesmay fail and set
5758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Va errno
5858f0484fSRodney W. Grimesfor any of the errors specified for the
5958f0484fSRodney W. Grimeslibrary functions
6058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr getpid 2
6158f0484fSRodney W. Grimesand
6258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr kill 2 .
6358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO
6458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr kill 2
6558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh STANDARDS
6658f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe
6758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn raise
6858f0484fSRodney W. Grimesfunction
6958f0484fSRodney W. Grimesconforms to
70588a200cSRuslan Ermilov.St -isoC .
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