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EXIT 3F ""
C 5
NAME
exit - terminate process with status
SYNOPSIS
subroutine exit (status)

integer status

DESCRIPTION
Exit flushes and closes all the process's files, and notifies the parent process if it is executing a wait . The low-order 8 bits of status are available to the parent process. (Therefore status should be in the range 0 - 255)

This call will never return.

The C function exit may cause cleanup actions before the final `sys exit'.

FILES
"SEE ALSO"
exit(2), fork(2), fork(3F), wait(2), wait(3F)