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diff --git a/man2/_exit.2 b/man2/_exit.2 index a47f04b1f6..65e395c5fa 100644 --- a/man2/_exit.2 +++ b/man2/_exit.2 @@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ is equivalent to These functions do not return. .SH "CONFORMING TO" SVr4, POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD. -The function \fB_Exit\fP() was introduced by C99. +The function +.BR _Exit () +was introduced by C99. .SH NOTES For a discussion on the effects of an exit, the transmission of exit status, zombie processes, signals sent, etc., see @@ -72,7 +74,9 @@ exit status, zombie processes, signals sent, etc., see .LP The function .BR _exit () -is like \fBexit\fP(3), but does not call any +is like +.BR exit (3), +but does not call any functions registered with .BR atexit (3) or @@ -88,9 +92,12 @@ waiting for pending output to finish. If the delay is undesired, it may be useful to call functions like .BR tcflush (3) -before calling \fB_exit\fP(). +before calling +.BR _exit (). Whether any pending I/O is cancelled, and which pending I/O may be -cancelled upon \fB_exit\fP(), is implementation-dependent. +cancelled upon +.BR _exit (), +is implementation-dependent. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR execve (2), .BR exit_group (2), |