NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     exit - perform normal program termination

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <stdlib.h>

     void
     exit(int status);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     exit() terminates a process.  The status values EXIT_SUCCESS and
     EXIT_FAILURE can be used to indicate successful and unsuccessful termination,
 respectively.

     Before termination it performs the following functions in the order
     listed:

           1.   Call the functions registered with the atexit(3) function, in
                the reverse order of their registration.

           2.   Flush all open output streams.

           3.   Close all open streams.

           4.   Unlink all files created with the tmpfile(3) function.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The exit() function never returns.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     _exit(2), atexit(3), intro(3), tmpfile(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The exit() function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').

BSD                             March 21, 2001                             BSD