OSF

NAME

raise − Sends a signal to the executing program

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc.a)

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/signal.h> int raise(
int signal );

PARAMETERS

signalSpecifies a signal number. 

DESCRIPTION

The raise() function sends the signal specified by the signal parameter to the executing program. It is equivalent to the following: error = kill(getpid(), signal);

NOTES

AES Support Level:
Full use

RETURN VALUES

Upon successful completion of the raise() function, a value of 0 (zero) is returned. Otherwise, a nonzero value is returned and errno is set to indicate the error. 

ERRORS

If the raise() function fails, errno may be set to the following value:

[EINVAL]The value of the signal parameter is an invalid or unsupported signal number. 

RELATED INFORMATION

Functions: kill(2), sigaction(2)