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 exit()                  Terminate Process after Cleanup

 #include   <process.h>                  Required for declarations only
 #include   <stdlib.h>                   Use either process.h or stdlib.h

 void       exit(status);
 int        status;                      Exit status

    exit() terminates the calling process and returns the low-byte of
    'status' (status & 0xFF) to the waiting parent process, if one
    exists.  Before terminating, all functions registered with onexit()
    and atexit() are called in a "last-in, first-out" order, all stream
    buffers are flushed, and all files are closed.


     Return:    There is no return value; exit() does not return to the
                calling process.  'status' is returned to the parent
                process.  (The parent process is usually the operating
                system.)

      Notes:    exit(0) is automatically called when main() exits.

                Typically, the exit status is set to 0 to indicate a
                normal exit, and some other value to indicate an error.
                This is not required, however.

                _exit() has the same function as exit(), but _exit() does
                not flush the stream buffers or execute functions
                registered with onexit() or atexit() before terminating.

   -------------------------------- Example ---------------------------------

    The following statements set the exit status to 1 if more than one
    command-line argument is passed.

           #include <stdio.h>     /* for 'printf' */
           #include <stdlib.h>    /* for 'exit' (also in <process.h>) */

           main(argc, argv)
           int argc;
           char *argv[];
           {
               if (argc > 2) {
                  perror("no more than 1 command line parameter
                          allowed\n");
                  exit(1);
               }
               /* exit here with a status of 0 */
           }


See Also: abort() exec...() _exit() onexit() spawn...()

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