NAME
abort —
cause abnormal program
termination
SYNOPSIS
#include
<stdlib.h>
void
abort(void);
DESCRIPTION
The
abort()
function causes abnormal program termination to occur, unless the signal
SIGABRT is being caught and the signal handler does
not return.
Some implementations may flush output streams before terminating. This implementation does not.
RETURN VALUES
The abort() function never returns.
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
The abort() function conforms to
IEEE Std 1003.1-1990 (“POSIX.1”).
HISTORY
The abort() function first appeared in
Version 5 AT&T UNIX.
Historically, previous standards required
abort() to flush and close output streams, but this
conflicted with the requirement that abort() be
async signal safe. As a result, the flushing requirement was dropped.