EXIT(3F) UNIX Programmer's Manual EXIT(3F) NAME exit - terminate process with status SYNOPSIS subroutine exit (status) integer status DESCRIPTION Exit flushes and closes all the process's files, and noti- fies the parent process if it is executing a wait. The low-order 8 bits of status are available to the parent pro- cess. (Therefore status should be in the range 0 - 255) This call will never return. The C function exit may cause cleanup actions before the final `sys exit'. FILES /usr/lib/libF77.a SEE ALSO exit(2), fork(2), fork(3F), wait(2), wait(3F) Printed 11/26/99 May 15, 1985 1