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32 .\" @(#)atexit.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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41 .Nd register a function to be called on exit
47 .Fn atexit "void (*function)(void)"
54 to be called at program exit, whether via
56 or via return from the program's
58 Functions so registered are called in reverse order;
59 no arguments are passed.
61 These functions must not call
63 if it should be necessary to terminate the process while in such a
66 function should be used.
67 (Alternatively, the function may cause abnormal
68 process termination, for example by calling
71 At least 32 functions can always be registered,
72 and more are allowed as long as sufficient memory can be allocated.
73 .\" XXX {ATEXIT_MAX} is not implemented yet
79 No memory was available to add the function to the list.
80 The existing list of functions is unmodified.