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diff --git a/man3/abort.3 b/man3/abort.3 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1ba5c573b --- /dev/null +++ b/man3/abort.3 @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +.\" Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk) +.\" +.\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this +.\" manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are +.\" preserved on all copies. +.\" +.\" Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this +.\" manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the +.\" entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a +.\" permission notice identical to this one. +.\" +.\" Since the Linux kernel and libraries are constantly changing, this +.\" manual page may be incorrect or out-of-date. The author(s) assume no +.\" responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from +.\" the use of the information contained herein. The author(s) may not +.\" have taken the same level of care in the production of this manual, +.\" which is licensed free of charge, as they might when working +.\" professionally. +.\" +.\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by +.\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work. +.\" +.\" References consulted: +.\" Linux libc source code +.\" Lewine's _POSIX Programmer's Guide_ (O'Reilly & Associates, 1991) +.\" 386BSD man pages +.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 21:46:21 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) +.\" Modified Fri Aug 4 10:51:53 2000 - patch from Joseph S. Myers +.\" +.TH ABORT 3 1993-04-12 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.SH NAME +abort \- cause abnormal program termination +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <stdlib.h> +.sp +.B void abort(void); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The \fBabort()\fP function causes abnormal program termination unless +the signal SIGABRT is caught and the signal handler does not return. +If the \fBabort()\fP function causes program termination, all open +streams are closed and flushed. +.PP +If the SIGABRT signal is blocked or ignored, the \fBabort()\fP +function will still override it. +.SH "RETURN VALUE" +The \fBabort()\fP function never returns. +.SH "CONFORMING TO" +SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899 (C99) +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR sigaction (2), +.BR exit (3), +.BR raise (3) |