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        !             3: exit()                   General Function                  exit()
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        !             8: Terminate a program gracefully
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        !            10: vvooiidd eexxiitt(_s_t_a_t_u_s) iinntt _s_t_a_t_u_s;
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        !            12: exit  is  the  normal method  to  terminate  a program  directly.
        !            13: status information  is passed to the  parent process.  By conven-
        !            14: tion, an  exit status of zero indicates  success, whereas an exit
        !            15: status  greater  than  zero  indicates  failure.  If  the  parent
        !            16: process issued a wait call, it is notified of the termination and
        !            17: is passed  the least significant  eight bits of  status.  As exit
        !            18: never returns, it is always successful.  Unlike the related func-
        !            19: tion _exit,  exit does extra  cleanup, such as  flushing buffered
        !            20: files and closing open files.
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        !            22: ***** Example *****
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        !            24: For an example of this function, see the entry for ffooppeenn.
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        !            26: ***** See Also *****
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        !            28: _exit(), close(), general functions, wait()
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