ABORT(3-BSD)        RISC/os Reference Manual         ABORT(3-BSD)



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
     sigvec(2), exit(2)

DIAGNOSTICS
     Usually ``Illegal instruction - core dumped'' from the
     shell.

ERRORS
     The abort() function does not flush standard I/O buffers.
     Use fflush (see fclose(3S)).





































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