ABORT(3)               FreeBSD Library Functions Manual               ABORT(3)

NAME
     abort - cause abnormal program termination

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <stdlib.h>

     void
     abort(void);

DESCRIPTION
     The abort() function causes abnormal program termination to occur, unless
     the signal SIGABRT is being caught and the signal handler does not
     return.

     Any open streams are flushed and closed.

IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
     The abort() function is thread-safe.  It is unknown if it is async-
     cancel-safe.

RETURN VALUES
     The abort() function never returns.

SEE ALSO
     abort2(2), sigaction(2), exit(3)

STANDARDS
     The abort() function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-1990 ("POSIX.1").  The
     abort() function also conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 ("ISO C99") with the
     implementation specific details as noted above.

FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p6          May 28, 2018          FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p6