usr/man/man3/abort.3

.TH ABORT 3
.SH NAME
abort \- generate a fault
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Abort
executes an instruction which is illegal in user mode.
This causes a signal that normally terminates
the process with a core dump, which may be used for debugging.
.SH SEE ALSO
adb(1), signal(2), exit(2)
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
Usually `IOT trap \- core dumped' from the shell.