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.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
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.\" the American National Standards Committee X3, on Information
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.\" Processing Systems.
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" @(#)exit.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd June 4, 1993
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.Dt EXIT 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm exit
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.Nd perform normal program termination
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <stdlib.h>
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.Ft void
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.Fn exit "int status"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Fn Exit
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terminates a process.
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.Pp
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Before termination it performs the following functions in the
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order listed:
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.Bl -enum -offset indent
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.It
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Call the functions registered with the
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.Xr atexit 3
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function, in the reverse order of their registration.
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.It
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Flush all open output streams.
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.It
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Close all open streams.
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.It
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Unlink all files created with the
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.Xr tmpfile 3
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function.
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.El
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.Pp
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Passing arbitrary values back to the environment as
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.Ar status
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is considered bad style;
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you should use the values
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.Dv EXIT_SUCCESS
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and
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.Dv EXIT_FAILURE .
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If portability is not a concern, you may
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use the values described in
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.Xr sysexits 3 .
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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The
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.Fn exit
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function
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never returns.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr _exit 2 ,
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.Xr atexit 3 ,
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.Xr intro 3 ,
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.Xr sysexits 3 ,
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.Xr tmpfile 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn exit
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function
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conforms to
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.St -ansiC .
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