int raise(int sig);
The raise() function sends the signal sig to the executing thread. If a signal handler is called, the raise function does not return until after the signal handler returns.
The effect of the raise function is equivalent to calling:
See the pthread_kill(3C) manual page for a detailed list of failure conditions and the signal.h(3HEAD) manual page for a list of signals.
Upon successful completion, 0 is returned. Otherwise, -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE||ATTRIBUTE VALUE|
pthread_kill(3C), pthread_self(3C), signal.h(3HEAD), attributes(5), standards(5)