NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     abort -- cause abnormal program termination

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <stdlib.h>

     void
     abort(void);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     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    [Toc]    [Back]

     The abort() function is thread-safe.  It is unknown if it is async-cancel-safe.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The abort() function never returns.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     sigaction(2), exit(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     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.


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