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Dd August 11, 2002
Dt ABORT 3
Os
Sh NAME
Nm abort
Nd cause abnormal program termination
Sh LIBRARY
Lb libc
Sh SYNOPSIS
In stdlib.h
Ft void
Fn abort void
Sh DESCRIPTION
The
Fn abort
function causes abnormal program termination to occur, unless the
signal
Dv SIGABRT
is being caught and the signal handler does not return.
Pp
Calling the
Fn abort
function results in temporary files being removed.
Any open streams are flushed and closed.
Sh RETURN VALUES
The
Fn abort
function
never returns.
Sh SEE ALSO
Xr sigaction 2 ,
Xr exit 3
Sh STANDARDS
The
Fn abort
function
conforms to
St -ansiC .