@(#)abort.3 6.1 (Berkeley) 05/15/85
ABORT 3 ""
.AT 3
NAME
abort - generate a fault
DESCRIPTION
Abort executes an instruction which is illegal in user mode.
This causes a signal that normally terminates
the process with a core dump, which may be used for debugging.
SEE ALSO
adb(1), sigvec(2), exit(2)
DIAGNOSTICS
Usually `IOT trap - core dumped' from the shell.
BUGS
The abort() function does not flush standard I/O buffers. Use
fflush\|(3S).