NAME

abort − generate a fault

SYNOPSIS

abort()

DESCRIPTION

abort first closes all open files if possible, then causes an IOT signal to be sent to the process.  This signal usually results in termination with a core dump, which may be used for debugging. 

It is possible for abort to return control if SIGIOT is caught or ignored, in which case the value returned is that of the kill(2) system call.

SEE ALSO

adb(1), signal(3), exit(2), kill(2)

DIAGNOSTICS

If SIGIOT 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. 

Sun Release 3.5  —  Last change: 15 April 1986