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.\" Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk)
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.\" Linux libc source code
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.\" Lewine's _POSIX Programmer's Guide_ (O'Reilly & Associates, 1991)
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.\" 386BSD man pages
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.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 21:46:21 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
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.\" Modified Fri Aug 4 10:51:53 2000 - patch from Joseph S. Myers
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.\"
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.TH ABORT 3 1993-04-12 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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abort \- cause abnormal program termination
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.B #include <stdlib.h>
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.B void abort(void);
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The
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.BR abort ()
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function causes abnormal program termination unless
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the signal SIGABRT is caught and the signal handler does not return.
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If the
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.BR abort ()
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function causes program termination, all open
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streams are closed and flushed.
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.PP
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If the SIGABRT signal is blocked or ignored, the
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.BR abort ()
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function will still override it.
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.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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The
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.BR abort ()
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function never returns.
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.SH "CONFORMING TO"
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SVr4, POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD, C89, C99
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR sigaction (2),
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.BR exit (3),
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.BR raise (3)
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