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#### 25.7.4 Aborting a Program

You can abort your program using the `abort` function. The prototype for this function is in `stdlib.h`.

— Function: void abort (void)

> The `abort` function causes abnormal program termination. This does not execute cleanup functions registered with `atexit` or `on_exit`.

> This function actually terminates the process by raising a `SIGABRT` signal, and your program can include a handler to intercept this signal; see Signal Handling.

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