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ABORT(3) BSD Library Functions Manual ABORT(3) NAME abort -- cause abnormal program termination LIBRARY Standard C Library (libc, -lc) SYNOPSIS #include <stdlib.h> void abort(void); DESCRIPTION The abort() function causes abnormal program termination to occur, unless the signal SIGABRT is being caught and the signal handler does not return. Any open streams are flushed and closed. IMPLEMENTATION NOTES The abort() function is thread-safe. It is unknown if it is async-can-cel-safe. async-cancel-safe. cel-safe. RETURN VALUES The abort() function never returns. SEE ALSO sigaction(2), exit(3) STANDARDS The abort() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1990 (``POSIX.1''). The abort() function also conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (``ISO C99'') with the implementation specific details as noted above. BSD June 4, 1993 BSD |