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abort()                  General Function                 abort()




End program immediately

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abort  terminates a  process with  a core  dump, creating  a file
called ccoorree, and prints a  message on the screen.  It is normally
invoked in  situations that ``should not  happen''.  For example,
malloc invokes abort if it discovers a corrupt storage arena.

Where possible, abort  executes a machine instruction that causes
the processor to trap.  If the signal associated with the trap is
caught or ignored, the dump will not be produced.

***** See Also *****

_exit(), core, exit(), general functions








































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