v7 man page for abort

Query: abort

OS: v7

Section: 3

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ABORT(3)						     Library Functions Manual							  ABORT(3)

NAME
abort - generate IOT fault
DESCRIPTION
Abort executes the PDP11 IOT instruction. This causes a signal that normally terminates the process with a core dump, which may be used for debugging.
SEE ALSO
adb(1), signal(2), exit(2)
DIAGNOSTICS
Usually `IOT trap - core dumped' from the shell. ABORT(3)
Related Man Pages
abort(3) - linux
abort(7) - suse
onintr(1) - sunos
abort(3) - xfree86
abort(3) - php
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