ABORT(3) |
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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-cancel-safe.
RETURN VALUES
The
abort() function never returns.
STANDARDS
The
abort() function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-1990 (“POSIX.1”). The
abort() function also conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (“ISO C99”) with the implementation specific details as noted above.