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, nonzero for failure.

CONFORMING TO
ANSI-C

SEE ALSO
kill(2), signal(2), getpid(2)