_EXIT Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2) Updated: 21 July 2025 Index   NAME _exit - terminate the current process   SYNOPSIS #include <unistd.h> void _exit(int status);   DESCRIPTION _exit terminates the calling process immediately. Any open file descriptors belonging to the process are closed; any children of the process are inherited by process 1, init, and the process's parent is sent a SIGCHLD signal. status is returned to the parent process as the process's exit status, and can be collected using one of the wait family of calls.   RETURN VALUE _exit never returns.   CONFORMING TO SVr4, SVID, POSIX, X/OPEN, BSD 4.3   NOTES _exit does not call any functions registered with the ANSI C atexit function and does not flush standard I/O buffers. To do these things, use   SEE ALSO   Index NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION RETURN VALUE CONFORMING TO NOTES SEE ALSO This document was created by using the manual pages. Time: 11:56:05 GMT, March 24, 2025