abort

Purpose

     Generates an IOT fault to terminate the current process.

Library

     Standard C Library (libc.a)

Syntax

     int abort ( )

Description

     The abort subroutine causes a SIGIOT signal to be sent to
     the current process.  This usually terminates the process
     and produces a memory dump.

     It is possible for the abort subroutine to return control
     if  SIGIOT is  caught or  ignored.  In  this case,  abort
     returns the value returned by the kill system call.

     If  SIGIOT is  neither  caught nor  ignored,  and if  the
     current directory is writable,  then the abort subroutine
     produces  a memory  dump  in  a file  named  core in  the
     current directory.  The shell then displays the message:

       abort - core dumped

Related Information

     In this book:  "exit, _exit," "kill," and "signal."

     The adb  command in AIX Operating  System Commands Refer-
     ence.