osf1 man page for panic

panic(9r)																 panic(9r)

NAME
       panic - General: Causes a system crash

SYNOPSIS
       void panic(
	       char *message );

ARGUMENTS
       Specifies the message you want the panic routine to display on the console terminal.

DESCRIPTION
       The  panic  routine causes a system crash, usually because of fatal errors. It sends to the console terminal and error logger the specified
       message and, possibly, other system-dependent information (for example, register dumps). It also causes a crash dump to be generated. After
       displaying the message, panic reboots the system if the console environment variables are set appropriately.

RETURN VALUES
       None

SEE ALSO
       Routines: printf(9r)

																	 panic(9r)