NAME

_Exit,_exit - terminate the calling process

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS



void _Exit(int status)

void _exit(int status)

DESCRIPTION

The _Exit() and _exit() functions are equivalent. They each terminate a process with the following consequences:

Most C programs call the library routine exit(3), which flushes buffers, closes streams, unlinks temporary files, etc., before calling _exit().

RETURN VALUES

_Exit() and _exit() can never return.

SEE ALSO

fork(2), sigaction(2), wait(2), exit(3)

STANDARDS

The _exit() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1990 (``POSIX.1'') . The _Exit() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (``ISO C99'') .