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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. | |
| 668ef77e | 3 | .\" |
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4 | .\" %sccs.include.redist.man% |
| 5 | .\" | |
| 6 | .\" @(#)exit.3 6.3 (Berkeley) %G% | |
| 668ef77e | 7 | .\" |
| 2d5a7847 | 8 | .TH EXIT 3 "" |
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9 | .UC 5 |
| 10 | .SH NAME | |
| f80403ef | 11 | exit \- perform normal program termination |
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12 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
| 13 | .nf | |
| 14 | .ft B | |
| 15 | exit(status) | |
| 16 | int status; | |
| 17 | .fi | |
| 18 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 19 | .I Exit | |
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20 | terminates a process. |
| 21 | .PP | |
| 22 | Before termination it performs the following functions in the | |
| 23 | order listed: | |
| 24 | .RS | |
| 25 | .PP | |
| 26 | Call the functions registered with the | |
| 27 | .IR atexit (3) | |
| 28 | function, in the reverse order of their registration. | |
| 29 | .PP | |
| 30 | Flush all open output streams. | |
| 31 | .PP | |
| 32 | Close all open streams. | |
| 33 | .PP | |
| 34 | Unlink all files created with the | |
| 35 | .IR tmpfile (3) | |
| 36 | function. | |
| 37 | .RE | |
| 38 | .PP | |
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39 | .I Exit |
| 40 | never returns. | |
| 41 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
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42 | exit(2), atexit(3), intro(3), tmpfile(3) |
| 43 | .SH STANDARDS | |
| 44 | .B Exit | |
| 45 | conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C''). |