What atexit() does

SDL Development
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William Kendrick once said:

From the man page :wink:

ATEXIT(3) Linux Programmer’s Manual ATEXIT(3)

NAME
atexit - register a function to be called at normal pro-
gram termination.

Ah, great! I think it was a SDL-thingy =).–

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        http://wiktor.dk/~stephan
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From the man page :wink:

ATEXIT(3) Linux Programmer’s Manual ATEXIT(3)

NAME
atexit - register a function to be called at normal pro-
gram termination.

SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>

   int atexit(void (*function)(void));

DESCRIPTION
The atexit() function registers the given function to be
called at normal program termination, whether via exit(3)
or via return from the program’s main. Functions so reg-
istered are called in the reverse order of their registra-
tion; no argument sare passed.

RETURN VALUE
The atexit() function returns the value 0 if successful;
otherwise the value -1 is returned; errno is not set.

CONFORMING TO
SVID 3, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899

SEE ALSO
exit(3), on_exit(3)

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-bill!

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Stephan Dragehjerte wrote:

William Kendrick once said:

From the man page :wink:

ATEXIT(3) Linux Programmer’s Manual ATEXIT(3)

NAME
atexit - register a function to be called at normal pro-
gram termination.

Ah, great! I think it was a SDL-thingy =).

Doesn’t anyone ever read K&R anymore?! The thing’s part of the C
Standard for crying out loud!–

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