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abort – cause abnormal program termination

LIBRARY SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION IMPLEMENTATION NOTES RETURN VALUES SEE ALSO STANDARDS

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

#include <stdlib.h>

void
abort(void);

The abort() function causes abnormal program termination to occur, unless the signal SIGABRT is being caught and the signal handler does not return.

Any open streams are flushed and closed.

The abort() function is thread-safe. It is unknown if it is async-cancel-safe.

The abort() function never returns.

The abort() function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-90 ("POSIX.1"). The abort() function also conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 ("ISO C99") with the implementation specific details as noted above.