1.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 The Regents of the University of California. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)abort.3 6.6 (Berkeley) 04/19/91 7.\" 8.Dd 9.Dt ABORT 3 10.Os 11.Sh NAME 12.Nm abort 13.Nd cause abnormal program termination 14.Sh SYNOPSIS 15.Fd #include <stdlib.h> 16.Ft void 17.Fn abort void 18.Sh DESCRIPTION 19The 20.Fn abort 21function causes abnormal program termination to occur, unless the 22signal 23.Dv SIGABRT 24is being caught and the signal handler does not return. 25.Pp 26No open streams are closed or flushed. 27.Sh RETURN VALUES 28The 29.Nm abort 30function 31never returns. 32.Sh SEE ALSO 33.Xr sigaction 2 , 34.Xr exit 2 35.Sh STANDARDS 36The 37.Fn abort 38function 39conforms to 40.St -ansiC . 41