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-_EXIT
-!!!_EXIT
-NAME
-SYNOPSIS
-DESCRIPTION
-RETURN VALUE
-CONFORMING TO
-NOTES
-SEE ALSO
-----
!!NAME
-
_exit - terminate the current process
+
!!SYNOPSIS
+ __#include <unistd.h>__
-__#include
__
+
__void _exit(int__ ''status''__);
__
-
-__void _exit(int__ ''status''__);__
!!DESCRIPTION
+___exit__ terminates the calling process immediately. Any open file descriptors belonging to the process are closed; any children of the process are inherited by process 1, init, and the process's parent is sent a [SIGCHLD] signal.
-___exit__ terminates the calling process immediately. Any
-open file descriptors belonging
to the process are closed;
-any children of
the process are inherited by process 1,
-init
, and the process's parent is sent a
__SIGCHLD
__
-signal
.
+''status'' is returned
to the parent
process as
the process's exit status
, and can be collected using one of
the __wait
__ family of calls
.
-
-''status'' is returned to the parent process as the
-process's exit status, and can be collected using one of the
-__wait__ family of calls.
!!RETURN VALUE
+___exit__ never returns.
-___exit__ never returns.
!!CONFORMING TO
+SVr4, SVID, POSIX, X/OPEN, BSD 4.3
-
-SVr4, SVID, POSIX, X/OPEN, BSD 4.3
!!NOTES
+___exit__ does not call any functions registered with the ANSI C __atexit__ function and does not flush standard I/O buffers. To do these things, use exit(3).
-
-___exit__ does not call any functions registered with the
-ANSI C __atexit__ function and does not flush standard
-I/O buffers. To do these things, use
-exit(3).
!!SEE ALSO
-
-
fork(2), execve(2), waitpid(2),
-
wait4(2), kill(2), wait(2),
-
exit(3)
-----
+fork(2), execve(2), waitpid(2), wait4(2), kill(2), wait(2), exit(3)