on_exit (3) - Linux Manuals
on_exit: register a function to be called at normal process termination
NAME
on_exit - register a function to be called at normal process termination
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h> int on_exit(void (*function)(int , void *), void *arg);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
on_exit():
The same function may be registered multiple times:
it is called once for each registration.
When a child process is created via
fork(2),
it inherits copies of its parent's registrations.
Upon a successful call to one of the
exec(3)
functions, all registrations are removed.
DESCRIPTION
The
on_exit()
function registers the given
function
to be
called at normal process termination, whether via
exit(3)
or via return from the program's
main().
The
function
is passed the status argument given to the last call to
exit(3)
and the
arg
argument from
on_exit().
RETURN VALUE
The
on_exit()
function returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise
it returns a nonzero value.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
Interface Attribute Value
on_exit()
Thread safety MT-Safe CONFORMING TO
This function comes from SunOS 4, but is also present in glibc.
It no longer occurs in Solaris (SunOS 5).
Portable application should avoid this function, and use the standard
atexit(3)
instead.
NOTES
By the time
function
is executed, stack
(auto)
variables may already have gone out of scope.
Therefore,
arg
should not be a pointer to a stack variable;
it may however be a pointer to a heap variable or a global variable.
COLOPHON
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