NAME

quick_exit —

exits a program quickly, running minimal cleanup

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdlib.h>

_Noreturn void
quick_exit(int status);

DESCRIPTION

The quick_exit() function exits the program quickly calling any cleanup functions registered with at_quick_exit(3) but not any C++ destructors or cleanup code registered with atexit(3). The stdio(3) file buffers are not flushed.

The function quick_exit() is async-signal safe when the functions registered with at_quick_exit(3) are.

RETURN VALUES

The quick_exit() function does not return.

STANDARDS

The quick_exit() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:2011 (“ISO C11”).