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.\"	$OpenBSD: abort.3,v 1.11 2014/05/14 21:54:20 tedu Exp $
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.Dd $Mdocdate: May 14 2014 $
.Dt ABORT 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm abort
.Nd cause abnormal program termination
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In stdlib.h
.Ft void
.Fn abort void
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn abort
function causes abnormal program termination to occur, unless the signal
.Dv SIGABRT
is being caught and the signal handler does not return.
.Pp
Some implementations may flush output streams before terminating.
This implementation does not.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn abort
function never returns.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr sigaction 2 ,
.Xr exit 3
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn abort
function conforms to
.St -p1003.1-90 .
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn abort
function first appeared in
.At v5 .
.Pp
Historically, previous standards required
.Fn abort
to flush and close output streams, but this conflicted with the requirement
that
.Fn abort
be async signal safe.
As a result, the flushing requirement was dropped.