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diff --git a/man3/abort.3 b/man3/abort.3 deleted file mode 100644 index 75f47bd..0000000 --- a/man3/abort.3 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,99 +0,0 @@ -'\" t -.\" Copyright 2007 (C) Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> -.\" some parts Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk) -.\" -.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft -.\" -.\" References consulted: -.\" Linux libc source code -.\" Lewine's _POSIX Programmer's Guide_ (O'Reilly & Associates, 1991) -.\" 386BSD man pages -.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 21:46:21 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) -.\" Modified Fri Aug 4 10:51:53 2000 - patch from Joseph S. Myers -.\" 2007-12-15, mtk, Mostly rewritten -.\" -.TH abort 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" -.SH NAME -abort \- cause abnormal process termination -.SH LIBRARY -Standard C library -.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) -.SH SYNOPSIS -.nf -.B #include <stdlib.h> -.P -.B [[noreturn]] void abort(void); -.fi -.SH DESCRIPTION -The -.BR abort () -function first unblocks the -.B SIGABRT -signal, and then raises that signal for the calling process -(as though -.BR raise (3) -was called). -This results in the abnormal termination of the process unless the -.B SIGABRT -signal is caught and the signal handler does not return -(see -.BR longjmp (3)). -.P -If the -.B SIGABRT -signal is ignored, or caught by a handler that returns, the -.BR abort () -function will still terminate the process. -It does this by restoring the default disposition for -.B SIGABRT -and then raising the signal for a second time. -.P -As with other cases of abnormal termination the functions registered with -.BR atexit (3) -and -.BR on_exit (3) -are not called. -.SH RETURN VALUE -The -.BR abort () -function never returns. -.SH ATTRIBUTES -For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see -.BR attributes (7). -.TS -allbox; -lbx lb lb -l l l. -Interface Attribute Value -T{ -.na -.nh -.BR abort () -T} Thread safety MT-Safe -.TE -.SH STANDARDS -C11, POSIX.1-2008. -.SH HISTORY -SVr4, POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD, C89. -.P -Up until glibc 2.26, -if the -.BR abort () -function caused process termination, -all open streams were closed and flushed (as with -.BR fclose (3)). -However, in some cases this could result in deadlocks and data corruption. -Therefore, starting with glibc 2.27, -.\" glibc commit 91e7cf982d0104f0e71770f5ae8e3faf352dea9f -.BR abort () -terminates the process without flushing streams. -POSIX.1 permits either possible behavior, saying that -.BR abort () -"may include an attempt to effect fclose() on all open streams". -.SH SEE ALSO -.BR gdb (1), -.BR sigaction (2), -.BR assert (3), -.BR exit (3), -.BR longjmp (3), -.BR raise (3) |