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<h2><a name="raise" id="raise">raise</a></h2>
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Syntax:
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<pre class="c code c++" style="font-family:monospace;">    <span class="co2">#include &lt;csignal&gt;</span>
    <span class="kw4">int</span> raise<span class="br0">&#40;</span> <span class="kw4">int</span> signal <span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></pre>
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The raise() function sends the specified signal to the program. Some signals:

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		<th class="col0">Signal</th><th class="col1">Meaning</th>
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		<td class="col0">SIGABRT </td><td class="col1">Termination error</td>
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		<td class="col0 leftalign">SIGFPE  </td><td class="col1">Floating pointer error</td>
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		<td class="col0 leftalign">SIGILL  </td><td class="col1">Bad instruction</td>
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		<td class="col0 leftalign">SIGINT  </td><td class="col1">User pressed CTRL-C</td>
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		<td class="col0">SIGSEGV </td><td class="col1">Illegal memory access</td>
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		<td class="col0">SIGTERM </td><td class="col1">Terminate program</td>
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The return value is zero upon success, nonzero on failure.
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