Manpage of ABORT
ABORT
Section: NEWLIB (3)
Updated: 2005 Feb 23
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NAME
1.3 `abort'--abnormal termination of a program
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>
void abort(void);
DESCRIPTION
Use `abort' to signal that your program has detected a condition it
cannot deal with. Normally, `abort' ends your program's execution.
Before terminating your program, `abort' raises the exception
`SIGABRT' (using ``raise(SIGABRT)''). If you have used `signal' to
register an exception handler for this condition, that handler has the
opportunity to retain control, thereby avoiding program termination.
In this implementation, `abort' does not perform any stream- or
file-related cleanup (the host environment may do so; if not, you can
arrange for your program to do its own cleanup with a `SIGABRT'
exception handler).
RETURNS
`abort' does not return to its caller.
PORTABILITY
ANSI C requires `abort'.
Supporting OS subroutines required: `_exit' and optionally, `write'.
SEE ALSO
abort
is part of the
libc
library.
The full documentation for
libc
is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
info
and
libc
are properly installed at your site, the command
-
info libc
will give you access to the complete manual.
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