.TH ABORT 3 "18 January 1983" .SH NAME abort \- generate a fault .SH DESCRIPTION .I 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. .SH SEE ALSO adb(1), sigvec(2), exit(2) .SH DIAGNOSTICS Usually `IOT trap \- core dumped' from the shell. .SH BUGS The abort() function does not flush standard I/O buffers. Use \fIfflush\fP\|(3S).