opensolaris man page for abort

abort(3C)						   Standard C Library Functions 						 abort(3C)

NAME
       abort - terminate the process abnormally

SYNOPSIS
       #include <stdlib.h>

       void abort(void);

DESCRIPTION
       The  abort()  function  causes abnormal process termination to occur, unless the signal SIGABRT is being caught and the signal handler does
       not return.  The abnormal termination processing includes at least the effect of fclose(3C) on  all  open  streams  and	message  catalogue
       descriptors, and the default actions defined for SIGABRT. The SIGABRT signal is sent to the calling process as if by means of the raise(3C)
       function with the argument SIGABRT.

       The status made available to wait(3C) or waitpid(3C) by	abort will be that of a process terminated by the  SIGABRT  signal.    abort  will
       override blocking or ignoring the SIGABRT signal.

RETURN VALUES
       The abort() function does not return.

ERRORS
       No errors are defined.

USAGE
       Catching  the  signal is intended to provide the application writer with a portable means to abort processing, free from possible interfer-
       ence from any  implementation-provided library functions.  If SIGABRT is neither caught nor ignored, and the current directory is writable,
       a core dump may be produced.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |Safe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       exit(2), getrlimit(2), kill(2), fclose(3C), raise(3C), signal(3C), wait(3C), waitpid(3C), attributes(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.11							    24 Jul 2002 							 abort(3C)