ABORT(S)                 XENIX System V                  ABORT(S)



     Name
          abort - Generates an IOT fault.

     Syntax
          int abort ( )

     Description
          abort first closes all open files, if possible, then causes
          an I/O trap signal (SIGIOT) to be sent to the calling
          process.  This usually results in termination with a core
          dump.

          abort can return control if the calling process is set to
          catch or ignore the SIGIOT signal; see signal(S).

     See Also
          adb(CP), exit(S), signal(S)

     Diagnostics
          If an aborted process returns control to the shell ( sh(C)),
          the shell usually displays the message ``abort - core
          dumped''.

































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