ABORT(3)                GENIX Programmer's Manual                ABORT(3)



      NAME
           abort - generate a fault

      DESCRIPTION
           Abort executes an instruction which is illegal in user  mode.   This
           causes  a  signal  that  normally terminates the process with a core
           dump, which may be used for debugging.

      SEE ALSO
           adb(1), signal(2), exit(2)

      DIAGNOSTICS
           Usually `IOT trap - core dumped' from the shell.










































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