exit(3) [minix man page]

EXIT(3) 						     Library Functions Manual							   EXIT(3)

NAME

       exit, atexit - terminate a process after flushing any pending output

SYNOPSIS

       #include <stdlib.h>

       void exit(int status)
       int atexit(void (*func)(void))

DESCRIPTION

       Exit  first  calls  all	functions  registered by atexit, flushes all data buffered by the Standard I/O library, and finally terminates the
       process.  Exit never returns.

       Atexit registers the function func into a table of functions to be called on exit.

SEE ALSO

       exit(2).

DIAGNOSTICS

       Atexit returns 0 on success, -1 if malloc cannot allocate more memory for the list of registered functions.

4.2 Berkeley Distribution					   May 12, 1986 							   EXIT(3)

EXIT(3) 						   BSD Library Functions Manual 						   EXIT(3)

NAME

     exit, _Exit -- perform normal program termination

LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <stdlib.h>

     void
     exit(int status);

     void
     _Exit(int status);

DESCRIPTION

     The exit() and _Exit() functions terminate a process.

     Before termination, exit() performs the following functions in the order listed:

	   1.	Call the functions registered with the atexit(3) function, in the reverse order of their registration.

	   2.	Flush all open output streams.

	   3.	Close all open streams.

	   4.	Unlink all files created with the tmpfile(3) function.

     The _Exit() function terminates without calling the functions registered with the atexit(3) function, and may or may not perform the other
     actions listed.  Both functions make the low-order eight bits of the status argument available to a parent process which has called a
     wait(2)-family function.

     The C Standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (``ISO C99'')) defines the values 0, EXIT_SUCCESS, and EXIT_FAILURE as possible values of status.  Cooper-
     ating processes may use other values; in a program which might be called by a mail transfer agent, the values described in sysexits(3) may be
     used to provide more information to the parent process.

     Note that exit() does nothing to prevent bottomless recursion should a function registered using atexit(3) itself call exit().  Such func-
     tions must call _Exit() instead (although this has other effects as well which may not be desired).

RETURN VALUES

     The exit() and _Exit() functions never return.

SEE ALSO

     _exit(2), wait(2), atexit(3), intro(3), sysexits(3), tmpfile(3)

STANDARDS

     The exit() and _Exit() functions conform to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (``ISO C99'').

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