osf1 man page for abort

abort(3)						     Library Functions Manual							  abort(3)

NAME
       abort - Generates a software signal to end the current process

LIBRARY
       Standard C Library (libc.so, libc.a)

SYNOPSIS
       #include <stdlib.h>

       void abort ( void );

STANDARDS
       Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:

       abort():  ISO C, POSIX.1, XPG4, XPG4-UNIX

       Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags.

DESCRIPTION
       The abort() function sends a SIGABRT signal to the current process.  This signal terminates the process unless both of the following condi-
       tions are true: (1) signal SIGABRT is being caught, and (2) the signal handler does not do a normal return,  for  example,  if  it  does  a
       longjmp.

       If  abort() causes the process to terminate abnormally and the current directory is writable, the system creates a core file in the current
       working directory.

       If the call to the abort() function terminates the process, each open stream and message catalog descriptor is affected as if the  fclose()
       function  was called.  The abort() function then terminates the process with the same result as the _exit() function, with the exception of
       the status value made available to the wait() or waitpid() function.  These functions receive the status value of the process terminated by
       the SIGABRT signal. The abort() function overrides blocking or ignoring of the SIGABRT signal.

NOTES
       The abort() function is supported for multi-threaded applications.

RELATED INFORMATION
       Functions: exit(2), kill(2), sigaction(2)

       Standards: standards(5) delim off

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