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<H1>RAISE</H1>
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)<BR>Updated: 2015-08-08<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
raise - send a signal to the caller
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<B>#include &lt;<A HREF="file:///usr/include/signal.h">signal.h</A>&gt;</B>
<B>int raise(int </B><I>sig</I><B>);</B>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
The
<B>raise</B>()
function sends a signal to the calling process or thread.
In a single-threaded program it is equivalent to
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kill(getpid(), sig);
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In a multithreaded program it is equivalent to
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pthread_kill(pthread_self(), sig);
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If the signal causes a handler to be called,
<B>raise</B>()
will return only after the signal handler has returned.
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2>
<B>raise</B>()
returns 0 on success, and nonzero for failure.
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<H2>ATTRIBUTES</H2>
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+attributes">attributes</A></B>(7).
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<TR VALIGN=top><TD><B>Interface</B></TD><TD><B>Attribute</B></TD><TD><B>Value</B><BR></TD></TR>
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<B>raise</B>()
</TD><TD>Thread safety</TD><TD>MT-Safe<BR></TD></TR>
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<H2>CONFORMING TO</H2>
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C89, C99.
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<H2>NOTES</H2>
Since version 2.3.3, glibc implements
<B>raise</B>()
by calling
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+tgkill">tgkill</A></B>(2),
if the kernel supports that system call.
Older glibc versions implemented
<B>raise</B>()
using
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+kill">kill</A></B>(2).
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+getpid">getpid</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+kill">kill</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+sigaction">sigaction</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+signal">signal</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+pthread_kill">pthread_kill</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+signal">signal</A></B>(7)
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<H2>COLOPHON</H2>
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<A NAME="index">&nbsp;</A><H2>Index</H2>
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<DT id="1"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="2"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT id="3"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT id="4"><A HREF="#lbAE">RETURN VALUE</A><DD>
<DT id="5"><A HREF="#lbAF">ATTRIBUTES</A><DD>
<DT id="6"><A HREF="#lbAG">CONFORMING TO</A><DD>
<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAH">NOTES</A><DD>
<DT id="8"><A HREF="#lbAI">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
<DT id="9"><A HREF="#lbAJ">COLOPHON</A><DD>
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