abort(3C)              UNIX System V(C Development Set)               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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