Annotation of src/lib/libc/gen/raise.3, Revision 1.10
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1.10 ! jruoho 36: .Dd May 9, 2011
1.1 cgd 37: .Dt RAISE 3
38: .Os
39: .Sh NAME
40: .Nm raise
1.8 ad 41: .Nd send a signal to the current thread
1.4 perry 42: .Sh LIBRARY
43: .Lb libc
1.1 cgd 44: .Sh SYNOPSIS
1.6 wiz 45: .In signal.h
1.1 cgd 46: .Ft int
47: .Fn raise "int sig"
48: .Sh DESCRIPTION
49: The
50: .Fn raise
51: function sends the signal
52: .Fa sig
1.8 ad 53: to the current thread.
1.1 cgd 54: .Sh RETURN VALUES
55: Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.
56: Otherwise, a value of \-1 is returned and the global variable
57: .Va errno
58: is set to indicate the error.
59: .Sh ERRORS
60: The
61: .Fn raise
62: function
63: may fail and set
64: .Va errno
65: for any of the errors specified for the
66: library functions
1.8 ad 67: .Xr _lwp_self 2
1.1 cgd 68: and
1.8 ad 69: .Xr _lwp_kill 2 .
1.1 cgd 70: .Sh SEE ALSO
1.10 ! jruoho 71: .Xr kill 2 ,
! 72: .Xr raise_default_signal 3
1.1 cgd 73: .Sh STANDARDS
74: The
75: .Fn raise
76: function
77: conforms to
1.8 ad 78: .St -ansiC
79: and
80: .St -susv2 .
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