abort(3C)                                               abort(3C)



     NAME
          abort - generate an IOT fault

     SYNOPSIS
          int abort ( )

     DESCRIPTION
          abort first closes all open files if possible, then causes
          an IOT signal to be sent to the process.  This usually
          results in termination with a core dump.

          It is possible for abort to return control if SIGIOT is
          caught or ignored, in which case the value returned is that
          of the kill(2) system call.

     SEE ALSO
          sdb(1), exit(2), kill(2), signal(3).

     DIAGNOSTICS
          If SIGIOT is neither caught nor ignored, and the current
          directory is writable, a core dump is produced and the
          message abort - core dumped is written by the shell.

































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