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32 | .\" @(#)_exit.2 6.6 (Berkeley) 7/25/91 | |
33 | .\" | |
34 | .Dd July 25, 1991 | |
35 | .Dt EXIT 2 | |
36 | .Os BSD 4 | |
37 | .Sh NAME | |
38 | .Nm _exit | |
39 | .Nd terminate the calling process | |
40 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
41 | .Fd #include <unistd.h> | |
42 | .Ft void volatile | |
43 | .Fn _exit "int status" | |
44 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
45 | The | |
46 | .Fn _exit | |
47 | function | |
48 | terminates a process with the following consequences: | |
49 | .Bl -bullet | |
50 | .It | |
51 | All of the descriptors open in the calling process are closed. | |
52 | This may entail delays, for example, waiting for output to drain; | |
53 | a process in this state may not be killed, as it is already dying. | |
54 | .It | |
55 | If the parent process of the calling process has an outstanding | |
56 | .Xr wait | |
57 | call | |
58 | or is interested in the | |
59 | .Dv SIGCHLD | |
60 | signal, | |
61 | it is notified of the calling process's termination and | |
62 | the | |
63 | .Em status | |
64 | area is set as defined by | |
65 | .Xr wait 2 . | |
66 | .It | |
67 | The parent process-ID of all of the calling process's existing child | |
68 | processes are set to 1; the initialization process | |
69 | (see the DEFINITIONS section of | |
70 | .Xr intro 2 ) | |
71 | inherits each of these processes. | |
72 | Any stopped children are restarted with a hangup signal | |
73 | .Pq Dv SIGHUP . | |
74 | .El | |
75 | .Pp | |
76 | Most C programs call the library routine | |
77 | .Xr exit 3 , | |
78 | which flushes buffers, closes streams, unlinks temporary files, etc., | |
79 | before | |
80 | calling | |
81 | .Fn _exit . | |
82 | .Sh RETURN VALUE | |
83 | .Fn _exit | |
84 | can never return. | |
85 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
86 | .Xr fork 2 , | |
87 | .Xr sigvec 2 , | |
88 | .Xr wait 2 , | |
89 | .Xr exit 3 | |
90 | .Sh HISTORY | |
91 | An | |
92 | .Nm exit | |
93 | function call appeared in | |
94 | .At v6 . |