Manual page for ABORT(3)
abort - generate a fault
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>
void abort(void);
DESCRIPTION
Abort
executes an instruction which is illegal in user mode.
This generates a
SIGABRT
signal that normally terminates
the process with a core dump, which may be used for debugging.
The abort() function flushes standard I/O buffers before process termination.
SEE ALSO
sigvec(2), exit(2)
DIAGNOSTICS
Usually ``Illegal instruction - core dumped'' from the shell.
BUGS
The BSD implementation of
abort
doesn't flush standard I/O buffers. Use
fflush.3s
before calling
abort.
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Last modified 11/5/97
