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.\" Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk)
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.\" professionally.
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.\" %%%LICENSE_END
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.\"
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.\" References consulted:
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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 1993-03-29, David Metcalfe
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.\" Modified 1993-07-24, Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
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.\" Modified 2003-10-25, Walter Harms
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.\"
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.TH ATEXIT 3 2008-12-05 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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atexit \- register a function to be called at normal process termination
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.B #include <stdlib.h>
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.sp
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.BI "int atexit(void (*" function )(void));
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The
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.BR atexit ()
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function registers the given
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.I function
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to be
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called at normal process termination, either via
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.BR exit (3)
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or via return from the program's
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.IR main ().
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Functions so registered are called in
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the reverse order of their registration; no arguments are passed.
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The same function may be registered multiple times:
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it is called once for each registration.
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.LP
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POSIX.1-2001 requires that an implementation allow at least
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.B ATEXIT_MAX
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(32) such functions to be registered.
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The actual limit supported by an implementation can be obtained using
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.BR sysconf (3).
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.LP
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When a child process is created via
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.BR fork (2),
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it inherits copies of its parent's registrations.
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Upon a successful call to one of the
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.BR exec (3)
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functions,
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all registrations are removed.
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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The
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.BR atexit ()
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function returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise
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it returns a nonzero value.
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.SH CONFORMING TO
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SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89, C99, POSIX.1-2001.
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.SH NOTES
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Functions registered using
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.BR atexit ()
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(and
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.BR on_exit (3))
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are not called if a process terminates abnormally because
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of the delivery of a signal.
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If one of the functions registered functions calls
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.BR _exit (2),
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then any remaining functions are not invoked,
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and the other process termination steps performed by
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.BR exit (3)
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are not performed.
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POSIX.1-2001 says that the result of calling
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.BR exit (3)
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more than once (i.e., calling
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.BR exit (3)
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within a function registered using
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.BR atexit ())
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is undefined.
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On some systems (but not Linux), this can result in an infinite recursion;
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.\" This can happen on OpenBSD 4.2 for example, and is documented
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.\" as occurring on FreeBSD as well.
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.\" Glibc does "the Right Thing" -- invocation of the remaining
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.\" exit handlers carries on as normal.
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portable programs should not invoke
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.BR exit (3)
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inside a function registered using
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.BR atexit ().
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The
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.BR atexit ()
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and
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.BR on_exit (3)
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functions register functions on the same list:
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at normal process termination,
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the registered functions are invoked in reverse order
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of their registration by these two functions.
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POSIX.1-2001 says that the result is undefined if
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.BR longjmp (3)
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is used to terminate execution of one of the functions registered
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.BR atexit ().
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.\" In glibc, things seem to be handled okay
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.SS Linux notes
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Since glibc 2.2.3,
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.BR atexit ()
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(and
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.BR on_exit (3))
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can be used within a shared library to establish functions
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that are called when the shared library is unloaded.
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.SH EXAMPLE
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.nf
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#include <stdio.h>
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#include <stdlib.h>
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#include <unistd.h>
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void
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bye(void)
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{
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printf("That was all, folks\en");
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}
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int
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main(void)
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{
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long a;
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int i;
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a = sysconf(_SC_ATEXIT_MAX);
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printf("ATEXIT_MAX = %ld\en", a);
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i = atexit(bye);
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if (i != 0) {
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fprintf(stderr, "cannot set exit function\en");
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exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
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}
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exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
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}
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.fi
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR _exit (2),
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.BR exit (3),
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.BR on_exit (3)
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