abort(3C)                                                  abort(3C)


       NAME
             abort - generate an abnormal termination signal

       SYNOPSIS
             #include <stdlib.h>
             void abort(void);

       DESCRIPTION
             abort first flushes any buffered data for all open stdio
             streams, directory streams and message catalogue descriptors,
             if possible, then causes the signal SIGABRT to be sent to the
             calling process.

          Errors
             If SIGABRT is neither caught nor ignored, and the current
             directory is writable, a core dump is produced and a message
             similar to abort - core dumped is written by the shell [see
             sh(1)].

       REFERENCES
             catopen(3C), exit(2), kill(2), sh(1), signal(2), stdio(3S)



























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