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# Program support utilities

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### [edit] Program termination

The following functions manage program termination and resource cleanup.

Defined in header `<stdlib.h>`
abort | causes abnormal program termination (without cleaning up) (function) [edit]
exit | causes normal program termination with cleaning up (function) [edit]
quick_exit (C11) | causes normal program termination without completely cleaning up (function) [edit]
_Exit (C99) | causes normal program termination without cleaning up (function) [edit]
atexit | registers a function to be called on exit() invocation (function) [edit]
at_quick_exit (C11) | registers a function to be called on `quick_exit` invocation (function) [edit]
EXIT_SUCCESS EXIT_FAILURE | indicates program execution execution status (macro constant) [edit]

### [edit] Communicating with the environment

system | calls the host environment's command processor (function) [edit]
getenv getenv_s (C11) | access to the list of environment variables (function) [edit]

### [edit] Signals

Several functions and macro constants for signal management are provided.

Defined in header `<signal.h>`
signal | sets a signal handler for particular signal (function) [edit]
raise | runs the signal handler for particular signal (function) [edit]
sig_atomic_t | the integer type that can be accessed as an atomic entity from an asynchronous signal handler (typedef)
SIG_DFL SIG_IGN | defines signal handling strategies (macro constant) [edit]
SIG_ERR | error was encountered (macro constant) [edit]
##### Signal types
SIGABRT SIGFPE SIGILL SIGINT SIGSEGV SIGTERM | defines signal types (macro constant) [edit]

### [edit] Non-local jumps

Defined in header `<setjmp.h>`
setjmp | saves the context (function macro) [edit]
longjmp | jumps to specified location (function) [edit]
##### Types
jmp_buf | execution context type (typedef) [edit]

### [edit] References

- C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):

  - 7.13 Nonlocal jumps <setjmp.h> (p: 262-264)

  - 7.14 Signal handling <signal.h> (p: 265-267)

  - 7.22 General utilities <stdlib.h> (p: 340-360)

  - 7.31.7 Signal handling <signal.h> (p: 455)

  - 7.31.12 General utilities <stdlib.h> (p: 456)

- C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):

  - 7.13 Nonlocal jumps <setjmp.h> (p: 243-245)

  - 7.14 Signal handling <signal.h> (p: 246-248)

  - 7.20 General utilities <stdlib.h> (p: 306-324)

  - 7.26.6 Signal handling <signal.h> (p: 401)

  - 7.26.10 General utilities <stdlib.h> (p: 402)

- C89/C90 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1990):

  - 4.6 NON-LOCAL JUMPS <setjmp.h>

  - 4.7 SIGNAL HANDLING <signal.h>

  - 4.10 GENERAL UTILITIES <stdlib.h>

  - 4.13.5 Signal handling <signal.h>

  - 7.13.7 General utilities <stdlib.h>

### [edit] See also

C++ documentation for Program support utilities

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