raise(3)

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2015-08-08

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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 attributes(7).

Interface	Attribute	Value
	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).

COLOPHON

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REFERENCED BY

sigaction(2), signal(2), sigprocmask(2), abort(3), gsignal(3), pthread_kill(3), sigset(3), sigvec(3), signal(7), rt_sigsuspend(2)