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.Dd $Mdocdate: June 5 2013 $
.Dt RAISE 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm raise
.Nd send a signal to the current thread
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In signal.h
.Ft int
.Fn raise "int sig"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn raise
function sends the signal
.Fa sig
to the current thread.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.
Otherwise, a value of \-1 is returned and the global variable
.Va errno
is set to indicate the error.
.Sh ERRORS
.Fn raise
will fail and no signal will be sent if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er EINVAL
.Fa sig
is not a valid signal number.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr kill 2
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn raise
function conforms to
.St -ansiC
and
.St -p1003.1-2008 .