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30 .\" @(#)_exit.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
37 .Nd terminate the calling process
43 .Fn _Exit "int status"
46 .Fn _exit "int status"
52 functions are equivalent.
53 They each terminate a process with the following consequences:
56 All of the descriptors open in the calling process are closed.
57 This may entail delays, for example, waiting for output to drain;
58 a process in this state may not be killed, as it is already dying.
60 If the parent process of the calling process has an outstanding
66 it is notified of the calling process's termination and
72 The parent process-ID of all of the calling process's existing child
73 processes are set to 1; the initialization process
74 (see the DEFINITIONS section of
76 inherits each of these processes.
78 If the termination of the process causes any process group
79 to become orphaned (usually because the parents of all members
80 of the group have now exited; see
81 .Dq orphaned process group
84 and if any member of the orphaned group is stopped,
89 signal are sent to all members of the newly-orphaned process group.
91 If the process is a controlling process (see
95 signal is sent to the foreground process group of the controlling terminal,
96 and all current access to the controlling terminal is revoked.
99 Most C programs call the library routine
101 which flushes buffers, closes streams, unlinks temporary files, etc.,