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.TH ABORT 3 ""
.AT 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), sigvec(2), exit(2)
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
Usually ``Illegal instruction \- core dumped'' from the shell.
.SH BUGS
The abort() function does not flush standard I/O buffers.  Use
\fIfflush\fP\|(3S).