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3658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\"     @(#)raise.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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3958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dd June 4, 1993
4058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dt RAISE 3
4158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Os
4258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
4358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nm raise
4458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nd send a signal to the current process
4558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS
4658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fd #include <signal.h>
4758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Ft int
4858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn raise "int sig"
4958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
5058f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe
5158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn raise
5258f0484fSRodney W. Grimesfunction sends the signal
5358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa sig
5458f0484fSRodney W. Grimesto the current process.
5558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh RETURN VALUES
5658f0484fSRodney W. GrimesUpon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.
5758f0484fSRodney W. GrimesOtherwise, a value of \-1 is returned and the global variable
5858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Va errno
5958f0484fSRodney W. Grimesis set to indicate the error.
6058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh ERRORS
6158f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe
6258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn raise
6358f0484fSRodney W. Grimesfunction
6458f0484fSRodney W. Grimesmay fail and set
6558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Va errno
6658f0484fSRodney W. Grimesfor any of the errors specified for the
6758f0484fSRodney W. Grimeslibrary functions
6858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr getpid 2
6958f0484fSRodney W. Grimesand
7058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr kill 2 .
7158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO
7258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr kill 2
7358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh STANDARDS
7458f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe
7558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn raise
7658f0484fSRodney W. Grimesfunction
7758f0484fSRodney W. Grimesconforms to
7858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.St -ansiC .
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