exit(3) [ultrix man page]

exit(3) 						     Library Functions Manual							   exit(3)

Name
       exit - terminate a process after flushing any pending output

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

Description
       The  function  terminates  a process after calling the Standard I/O library function, _cleanup, to flush any buffered output.  The function
       never returns.

       The function registers a function to be called (without arguments) at normal program termination; functions are called in the reverse order
       of their registration (that is, most recent first). If a function is registered more than once, it will be called more than once.

Return Values
       The function returns zero if the registration succeeds, or -1 if the function pointer is null or if too many functions are registered.

See Also
       exit(2), intro(3s)

																	   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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								 September 9, 2002							       BSD