06-02-2007
You normally use exit(0) if everything went ok. But if your program detects an error and decides to abort, you would use exit(1). Or you might use exit(1), exit(2), etc, with each exit code meaning some specific error.
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exit
exit(3C) Standard C Library Functions exit(3C)
NAME
exit, _exithandle - terminate process
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>
void exit(int status);
void _exithandle(void);
DESCRIPTION
The exit() function terminates a process by calling first _exithandle() and then _exit() (see exit(2)).
The _exithandle() function calls any functions registered through the atexit(3C) function in the reverse order of their registration. This
action includes executing all finalization code from the .fini sections of all objects that are part of the process.
The _exithandle() function is intended for use only with _exit(), and allows for specialized processing such as dldump(3C) to be performed.
Normal process execution should not be continued after a call to _exithandle() has occurred, as internal data structures may have been torn
down due to atexit() or .fini processing.
The symbols EXIT_SUCCESS and EXIT_FAILURE are defined in the header <stdlib.h> and may be used as the value of status to indicate success-
ful or unsuccessful termination, respectively.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |Safe |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
exit(2), atexit(3C), dldump(3C), attributes(5), standards(5)
SunOS 5.11 1 Mar 2004 exit(3C)