ABORT(3)

NAME
abort - generate a fault

DESCRIPTION
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.

SEE ALSO
adb(1), sigvec(2), exit(2)

DIAGNOSTICS
Usually ``Illegal instruction - core dumped'' from the shell.

BUGS
The abort() function does not flush standard I/O buffers. Use fflush(3S).