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diff --git a/man3/raise.3 b/man3/raise.3 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5b76c2747 --- /dev/null +++ b/man3/raise.3 @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +.\" (c) 1993 by Thomas Koenig (ig25@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de) +.\" +.\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this +.\" manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are +.\" preserved on all copies. +.\" +.\" Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this +.\" manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the +.\" entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a +.\" permission notice identical to this one. +.\" +.\" Since the Linux kernel and libraries are constantly changing, this +.\" manual page may be incorrect or out-of-date. The author(s) assume no +.\" responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from +.\" the use of the information contained herein. The author(s) may not +.\" have taken the same level of care in the production of this manual, +.\" which is licensed free of charge, as they might when working +.\" professionally. +.\" +.\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by +.\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work. +.\" License. +.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 18:40:56 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) +.\" Modified 1995 by Mike Battersby (mib@deakin.edu.au) +.\" +.TH RAISE 3 1995-08-31 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.SH NAME +raise \- send a signal to the current process +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <signal.h> +.sp +.BI "int raise(int " sig ); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.B raise() +function sends a signal to the current process. +It is equivalent to +.sp +.RS +.BI "kill(getpid(), " "sig" ); +.RE +.SH "RETURN VALUE" +0 on success, nonzero for failure. +.SH "CONFORMING TO" +ANSI\-C +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR getpid (2), +.BR kill (2), +.BR signal (2) |