ABORT(III)                   4/10/75                   ABORT(III)







NAME

     abort  -  generate an IOT fault



SYNOPSIS

     abort()



DESCRIPTION

     Abort  executes  the  IOT  instruction.   This  is   usually

     considered  a  program  fault  by  the system and results in

     termination with a core dump.  It is used to generate a core

     image for debugging.



SEE ALSO

     db (I), cdb (I), signal (II)



DIAGNOSTICS

     usually ``IOT trap -- core dumped'' from the Shell.



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