


      ABORT(3C)                                               ABORT(3C)



      NAME
           abort - generate an IOT fault

      SYNTAX
           int abort ( )

      DESCRIPTION
           Abort causes an IOT signal to be sent to the process.  This
           usually results in termination with a core dump.

           It is possible for abort to return control if SIGIOT is
           caught or ignored, in which case the value returned is that
           of the kill(2) system call.

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

      DIAGNOSTICS
           If SIGIOT is neither caught nor ignored, and the current
           directory is writable, a core dump is produced and the
           message ``abort - core dumped'' is written by the shell.


































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