EXIT(2) 						      BSD System Calls Manual							   EXIT(2)

NAME

     _exit -- terminate the calling process

SYNOPSIS

     #include <unistd.h>

     void
     _exit(int status);

DESCRIPTION

     The _exit() function terminates a process, with the following consequences:

     o	 All of the descriptors that were open in the calling process are closed.  This may entail delays; for example, waiting for output to
	 drain.  A process in this state may not be killed, as it is already dying.

     o	 If the parent process of the calling process has an outstanding wait call or catches the SIGCHLD signal, it is notified of the calling
	 process's termination; the status is set as defined by wait(2).

     o	 The parent process-ID of all of the calling process's existing child processes are set to 1; the initialization process (see the DEFINI-
	 TIONS section of intro(2)) inherits each of these processes.

     o	 If the termination of the process causes any process group to become orphaned (usually because the parents of all members of the group
	 have now exited; see ``orphaned process group'' in intro(2)), and if any member of the orphaned group is stopped, the SIGHUP signal and
	 the SIGCONT signal are sent to all members of the newly-orphaned process group.

     o	 If the process is a controlling process (see intro(2)), the SIGHUP signal is sent to the foreground process group of the controlling ter-
	 minal.  All current access to the controlling terminal is revoked.

     Most C programs call the library routine exit(3), which flushes buffers, closes streams, unlinks temporary files, etc., before calling
     _exit().

RETURN VALUE

     _exit() can never return.

SEE ALSO

     fork(2), sigaction(2), wait(2), exit(3)

STANDARDS

     The _exit function is defined by IEEE Std 1003.1-1988 (``POSIX.1'').

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