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NAME

       abort — generate an abnormal process abort

SYNOPSIS

       #include <stdlib.h>

       void abort(void);

DESCRIPTION

       The  functionality  described  on  this  reference  page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict
       between the requirements described  here  and  the  ISO C  standard  is  unintentional.  This  volume  of
       POSIX.1‐2008 defers to the ISO C standard.

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

       The abnormal termination processing shall include the default actions defined for SIGABRT and may include
       an attempt to effect fclose() on all open streams.

       The SIGABRT signal shall be sent to the calling process as if by  means  of  raise()  with  the  argument
       SIGABRT.

       The  status  made  available  to  wait(),  waitid(),  or  waitpid() by abort() shall be that of a process
       terminated by the SIGABRT signal.  The abort() function shall override blocking or ignoring  the  SIGABRT
       signal.

RETURN VALUE

       The abort() function shall not return.

ERRORS

       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       Catching  the  signal  is  intended  to  provide the application developer with a portable means to abort
       processing, free from possible interference from any implementation-supplied functions.

RATIONALE

       The ISO/IEC 9899:1999 standard requires the abort() function to be async-signal-safe. Since  POSIX.1‐2008
       defers  to  the ISO C standard, this required a change to the DESCRIPTION from ``shall include the effect
       of fclose()'' to ``may include an attempt to effect fclose().''

       The revised wording permits some backwards-compatibility and avoids a potential deadlock situation.

       The Open Group Base Resolution bwg2002‐003 is applied, removing the following XSI shaded  paragraph  from
       the DESCRIPTION:

       ``On  XSI-conformant systems, in addition the abnormal termination processing shall include the effect of
       fclose() on message catalog descriptors.''

       There were several reasons to remove this paragraph:

        *  No special processing of open message catalogs needs  to  be  performed  prior  to  abnormal  process
           termination.

        *  The  main reason to specifically mention that abort() includes the effect of fclose() on open streams
           is to flush output queued on the  stream.  Message  catalogs  in  this  context  are  read-only  and,
           therefore, do not need to be flushed.

        *  The  effect  of  fclose() on a message catalog descriptor is unspecified. Message catalog descriptors
           are allowed, but not required to be implemented using a file descriptor, but there is no  mention  in
           POSIX.1‐2008  of  a  message  catalog  descriptor using a standard I/O stream FILE object as would be
           expected by fclose().

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       exit(), kill(), raise(), signal(), wait(), waitid()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, <stdlib.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition,
       Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open  Group  Base
       Specifications  Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc
       and The Open Group.  (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In  the  event
       of  any  discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original
       IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
       http://www.unix.org/online.html .

       Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have  been  introduced
       during   the   conversion  of  the  source  files  to  man  page  format.  To  report  such  errors,  see
       https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

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