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

ddt(1), sigvec(2), exit(2)

DIAGNOSTICS

Usually ‘Illegal instruction − core dumped’ from the shell. 

BUGS

The abort() function does not flush standard I/O buffers.  Use fflush(3S).

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