usr/man/man3/exit.3

.TH EXIT 3 "1 April 1983"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
exit \- terminate a process after flushing any pending output
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.ft B
exit(status)
int status;
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Exit
terminates a process after calling the Standard I/O library
function
.I _cleanup
to flush any buffered output.
.I Exit
never returns.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
exit(2), intro(3S)