ABORT(3)                  386BSD Programmer's Manual                  ABORT(3)

NAME
     abort - cause abnormal program termination

SYNOPSIS
     #include <stdlib.h>

     void
     abort(void)

DESCRIPTION
     The abort() function causes abnormal program termination to occur, unless
     the signal SIGABRT is being caught and the signal handler does not
     return.

     No open streams are closed or flushed.

RETURN VALUES
     The abort function never returns.

SEE ALSO
     sigaction(2),  exit(2)

STANDARDS
     The abort() function conforms to ANSI C3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').

BSD Experimental                 June 29, 1991                               1