RAISE(3)

RAISE(3)                   Linux Programmer's Manual                  RAISE(3)

NAME
       raise - send a signal to the caller

SYNOPSIS
       #include <signal.h>

       int raise(int sig);

DESCRIPTION
       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.

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

ATTRIBUTES
       For  an  explanation  of  the  terms  used  in  this  section,  see at-
       tributes(7).

       +----------+---------------+---------+
       |Interface | Attribute     | Value   |
       +----------+---------------+---------+
       |raise()   | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
       +----------+---------------+---------+
CONFORMING TO
       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C89, C99.

NOTES
       Since version 2.3.3, glibc implements raise() by calling tgkill(2),  if
       the kernel supports that system call.  Older glibc versions implemented
       raise() using kill(2).

SEE ALSO
       getpid(2), kill(2), sigaction(2), signal(2), pthread_kill(3), signal(7)

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