abort(3C)abort(3C)NAMEabort() - generate a software abort fault
SYNOPSISDESCRIPTION
first closes all open files, streams, directory streams, and message
catalogue descriptors, if possible, then causes the signal to be sent
to the calling process. This may cause a core dump to be generated
(see signal(2)).
If the signal is caught, the handling function is executed. If the
handling function returns, the action for is then reset to and the sig‐
nal is sent again to the process to ensure that it terminates.
RETURN VALUE
does not return.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
APPLICATION USAGE
is not intended to be caught.
DIAGNOSTICS
If is neither caught nor ignored, and the current directory is
writable, a core dump is produced and the message is written by the
shell.
SEE ALSOadb(1), exit(2), kill(2), signal(2), signal(5), thread_safety(5).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCEabort(3C)