ABORT(3) BSD Library Functions Manual ABORT(3)

NAME
     aabboorrtt - cause abnormal program termination

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     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
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     void
     aabboorrtt(void);

DESCRIPTION
     The aabboorrtt() 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.

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     The aabboorrtt() function is thread-safe.  It is unknown if it is async-can-
     cel-safe.

RETURN VALUES
     The aabboorrtt() function never returns.

SEE ALSO
     sigaction(2), exit(3)

STANDARDS
     The aabboorrtt() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1990 (``POSIX.1'').  The
     aabboorrtt() function also conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (``ISO C99'') with
     the implementation specific details as noted above.

BSD                              June 4, 1993                              BSD