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362fe8fb19SBen Gras.Dd August 11, 2002
372fe8fb19SBen Gras.Dt ABORT 3
382fe8fb19SBen Gras.Os
392fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh NAME
402fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nm abort
412fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nd cause abnormal program termination
422fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh LIBRARY
432fe8fb19SBen Gras.Lb libc
442fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh SYNOPSIS
452fe8fb19SBen Gras.In stdlib.h
462fe8fb19SBen Gras.Ft void
472fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn abort void
482fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh DESCRIPTION
492fe8fb19SBen GrasThe
502fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn abort
512fe8fb19SBen Grasfunction causes abnormal program termination to occur, unless the
522fe8fb19SBen Grassignal
532fe8fb19SBen Gras.Dv SIGABRT
542fe8fb19SBen Grasis being caught and the signal handler does not return.
552fe8fb19SBen Gras.Pp
562fe8fb19SBen GrasCalling the
572fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn abort
582fe8fb19SBen Grasfunction results in temporary files being removed.
592fe8fb19SBen GrasAny open streams are flushed and closed.
602fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh RETURN VALUES
612fe8fb19SBen GrasThe
62*f14fb602SLionel Sambuc.Fn abort
632fe8fb19SBen Grasfunction
642fe8fb19SBen Grasnever returns.
652fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh SEE ALSO
662fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr sigaction 2 ,
672fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr exit 3
682fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh STANDARDS
692fe8fb19SBen GrasThe
702fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn abort
712fe8fb19SBen Grasfunction
722fe8fb19SBen Grasconforms to
732fe8fb19SBen Gras.St -ansiC .
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