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32.\" @(#)raise.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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35.Dd September 21, 2016
36.Dt RAISE 3
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm raise
40.Nd send a signal to the current thread
41.Sh LIBRARY
42.Lb libc
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.In signal.h
45.Ft int
46.Fn raise "int sig"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Fn raise
50function sends the signal
51.Fa sig
52to the current thread.
53.Sh RETURN VALUES
54.Rv -std raise
55.Sh ERRORS
56The
57.Fn raise
58function
59may fail and set
60.Va errno
61for any of the errors specified for the
62library functions
63.Xr getpid 2
64and
65.Xr pthread_kill 2 .
66.Sh SEE ALSO
67.Xr kill 2 ,
68.Xr pthread_kill 2
69.Sh STANDARDS
70The
71.Fn raise
72function
73conforms to
74.St -isoC .