4.2BSD/usr/man/man3/abort.3f

.TH ABORT 3F "18 July 1983"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
abort \- terminate abruptly with memory image
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B subroutine abort (string)
.br
.B character*(*) string
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Abort
cleans up the I/O buffers and then aborts producing a
.I core
file in the current directory.
If
.I string
is given, it is written to logical unit 0 preceeded by ``abort:''.
.SH FILES
.ie \nM /usr/ucb/lib/libF77.a
.el /usr/lib/libF77.a
.SH "SEE ALSO"
abort(3)
.SH BUGS
.I String
is ignored on the PDP11.