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                      3: _exit()                COHERENT System Call               _exit()
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                      8: Terminate a program
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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 terminates  a program directly.   It returns _s_t_a_t_u_s  to the
                     13: calling program,  and exits.   Unlike the library  function exit,
                     14: _exit  does  not  perform  extra  termination  cleanup,  such  as
                     15: flushing buffered files and closing open files.
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                     17: _exit should  be used  only in situations  where you do  _n_o_t want
                     18: buffers flushed  or files closed.   For example, you  may wish to
                     19: call _exit if your program detects an irreparable error condition
                     20: and you want  to ``bail out'' to keep your  data files from being
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                     23: _exit should  also be used  with programs that do  not use STDIO.
                     24: Unlike exit, _exit does not use STDIO.  This will help you create
                     25: programs that are extremely small when compiled.
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                     27: ***** See Also *****
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                     29: close(), COHERENT system calls, wait()
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                     31: ***** Notes *****
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                     33: If a  program leaves  main() by  an error condition,  contents of
                     34: register AX becomes  the exit code.  Usually, these register con-
                     35: tents are  random.  If you want to test  a program's return code,
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