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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
  48 The
  49 .Fn raise
  50 function sends the signal
  51 .Fa sig
  52 to the current thread.
  53 .Sh RETURN VALUES
  54 .Rv -std raise
  55 .Sh ERRORS
  56 The
  57 .Fn raise
  58 function
  59 may fail and set
  60 .Va errno
  61 for any of the errors specified for the
  62 library functions
  63 .Xr getpid 2
  64 and
  65 .Xr pthread_kill 2 .
  66 .Sh SEE ALSO
  67 .Xr kill 2 ,
  68 .Xr pthread_kill 2
  69 .Sh STANDARDS
  70 The
  71 .Fn raise
  72 function
  73 conforms to
  74 .St -isoC .