abort(3C)           (C Programming Language Utilities)            abort(3C)


   NAME
         abort - generate an abnormal termination signal

   SYNOPSIS
         #include <stdlib.h>

         void abort (void);

   DESCRIPTION
         abort first closes all open files, stdio(3S) streams, directory
         streams and message catalogue descriptors, if possible, then causes
         the signal SIGABRT to be sent to the calling process.

   SEE ALSO
         sdb(1), exit(2), kill(2), signal(2), catopen(3C), stdio(3S).
         sh(1) in the User's Reference Manual.

   DIAGNOSTICS
         If SIGABRT 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 [see sh(1)].
































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