6.19.5 _Exit function

Description

Terminates program execution.

Include

<stdlib.h>

Prototype

void _Exit(int status);

Argument

Remarks

When using MPLAB XC8 for PIC, the _Exit function causes process execution to halt in an endless loop without calling any functions registered by atexit.

For all other compilers, the _Exit function resets the processor without calling any functions registered by atexit. This function is customizable.

Example

See the notes at the beginning of this chapter or section for information on using printf() or scanf() (and other functions reading and writing the stdin or stdout streams) in the example code.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(void)
{
  FILE *myfile;

  if ((myfile = fopen("samp.fil", "r" )) == NULL)
  {
    printf("Cannot open samp.fil\n");
    _Exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
  }
  else
  {
    printf("Success opening samp.fil\n");
    _Exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
  }
  printf("This will not be printed");
}

Example Output

Cannot open samp.fil