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+/* Provide a non-threads replacement for the POSIX raise function.
+   Copyright (C) 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+   any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+   Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+/* written by Jim Meyering */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#if HAVE_UNISTD_H
+# include <unistd.h>
+#endif
+
+int
+raise (int sig)
+{
+  return kill (getpid (), sig);
+}

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+Description:
+Send a signal to the executing process.
+
+Files:
+lib/raise.c
+
+Depends-on:
+
+configure.ac:
+AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(raise)
+
+Makefile.am:
+
+Include:
+
+Maintainer:
+Jim Meyering
+