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authorguenther <guenther@openbsd.org>2013-06-05 04:06:08 +0000
committerguenther <guenther@openbsd.org>2013-06-05 04:06:08 +0000
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parenti copied .Fd just like everybody else. use .In (diff)
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Move _Exit() from the exit() manpage to the _exit() manpage, as it's
just an alias of the latter. ok matthew@ tedu@
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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/_exit.2 b/lib/libc/sys/_exit.2
index 3fb185ef68f..82cd5645a4e 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/_exit.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/_exit.2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: _exit.2,v 1.17 2011/11/17 14:26:14 schwarze Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: _exit.2,v 1.18 2013/06/05 04:06:08 guenther Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: _exit.2,v 1.6 1995/02/27 12:31:34 cgd Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1993
@@ -30,22 +30,30 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)_exit.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: November 17 2011 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: June 5 2013 $
.Dt _EXIT 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
-.Nm _exit
+.Nm _exit ,
+.Nm _Exit
.Nd terminate the calling process
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <unistd.h>
.Ft void
.Fn _exit "int status"
+.Fd #include <stdlib.h>
+.Ft void
+.Fn _Exit "int status"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn _exit
-function terminates a process with the following consequences:
+and
+.Fn _Exit
+functions terminate a process with the following consequences:
.Bl -bullet
.It
+All threads in the process are terminated.
+.It
All open file descriptors in the calling process are closed.
This may entail delays; for example, waiting for output to drain.
A process in this state may not be killed, as it is already dying.
@@ -96,6 +104,8 @@ and then calls
.Fn _exit .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Fn _exit
+and
+.Fn _Exit
can never return.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr fork 2 ,
@@ -107,8 +117,12 @@ can never return.
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn _exit
-function is defined by
-.St -p1003.1-88 .
+function conform to
+.St -p1003.1-2008 .
+The
+.Fn _Exit
+function conforms to
+.St -ansiC-99 .
.Sh HISTORY
An
.Fn exit
@@ -118,3 +132,7 @@ and an
.Fn _exit
variant in
.At v7 .
+The
+.Fn _Exit
+function appeared in
+.Ox 3.6 .