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3658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\"     @(#)abort.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
377f3dea24SPeter Wemm.\" $FreeBSD$
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3958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dd June 4, 1993
4058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dt ABORT 3
4158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Os
4258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
4358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nm abort
4458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nd cause abnormal program termination
4525bb73e0SAlexey Zelkin.Sh LIBRARY
4625bb73e0SAlexey Zelkin.Lb libc
4758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS
488aefde06SJeroen Ruigrok van der Werven.In stdlib.h
4958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Ft void
5058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn abort void
5158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
5258f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe
5358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn abort
5458f0484fSRodney W. Grimesfunction causes abnormal program termination to occur, unless the
5558f0484fSRodney W. Grimessignal
5658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dv SIGABRT
5758f0484fSRodney W. Grimesis being caught and the signal handler does not return.
5858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Pp
5990a720bcSAlexander LangerAny open streams are flushed and closed.
6058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh RETURN VALUES
6158f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe
62bf5a138eSMike Pritchard.Fn abort
6358f0484fSRodney W. Grimesfunction
6458f0484fSRodney W. Grimesnever returns.
6558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO
6658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr sigaction 2 ,
6778b0b234SMike Pritchard.Xr exit 3
6858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh STANDARDS
6958f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe
7058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn abort
7158f0484fSRodney W. Grimesfunction
7258f0484fSRodney W. Grimesconforms to
7390a720bcSAlexander Langer.St -p1003.1-90 .
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