ABORT(3C-SVR4)      RISC/os Reference Manual       ABORT(3C-SVR4)



NAME
     abort - generate an abnormal termination signal

SYNOPSIS
     #include <stdlib.h>

     void abort (void);

DESCRIPTION
     abort first closes all open files, stdio(3S) streams, direc-
     tory streams and message catalogue descriptors, if possible,
     then causes the signal SIGABRT to be sent to the calling
     process.

SEE ALSO
     sdb(1), exit(2), kill(2), signal(2), catopen(3C), stdio(3S).
     sh(1) in the User's Reference Manual.

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
































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