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abort(3C)							     abort(3C)

NAME
       abort() - generate a software abort fault

SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
       first  closes  all  open files, streams, directory streams, and message
       catalogue descriptors, if possible, then causes the signal to  be  sent
       to  the	calling	 process.   This may cause a core dump to be generated
       (see signal(2)).

       If the signal is caught, the handling function  is  executed.   If  the
       handling function returns, the action for is then reset to and the sig‐
       nal is sent again to the process to ensure that it terminates.

RETURN VALUE
       does not return.

ERRORS
       No errors are defined.

APPLICATION USAGE
       is not intended to be caught.

DIAGNOSTICS
       If is  neither  caught  nor  ignored,  and  the	current	 directory  is
       writable,  a  core  dump	 is produced and the message is written by the
       shell.

SEE ALSO
       adb(1), exit(2), kill(2), signal(2), signal(5), thread_safety(5).

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
								     abort(3C)

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