Exit

VAX11

 

Exit

 

Exit function is one of the most important system-calls. The function ends the user's program. Every user's program need to be end using it.

 

Description:    The function ends the user's program with specific error code.

Gets:               Error Code - On the stack.

                        0 means the program ended without error.

                        Any other number indicates about error.

Returns:         Nothing.

 

Example:

 

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# User program here

# ...

pushl $0

calls $1, .exit   # Exit with error code 0