abort.3: Note that SIGABRT is raised as though raise(3) is called

Also note that abort is POSIX.1-2008 compliant.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2014-11-09 19:52:34 +01:00
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@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ The
.BR abort ()
first unblocks the
.B SIGABRT
signal, and then raises that signal for the calling process.
signal, and then raises that signal for the calling process
(as though
.BR raise (3)
was called).
This results in the abnormal termination of the process unless the
.B SIGABRT
signal is caught and the signal handler does not return
@ -75,7 +78,7 @@ The
.BR abort ()
function is thread-safe.
.SH CONFORMING TO
SVr4, POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD, C89, C99.
SVr4, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, 4.3BSD, C89, C99.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR gdb (1),
.BR sigaction (2),