NAME |LIBRARY |SYNOPSIS |DESCRIPTION |STANDARDS |HISTORY |EXAMPLES |SEE ALSO |COLOPHON | |
EXIT_SUCCESS(3const)EXIT_SUCCESS(3const)EXIT_SUCCESS, EXIT_FAILURE - termination status constants
Standard C library (libc)
#include <stdlib.h>#define EXIT_SUCCESS0#define EXIT_FAILURE/* nonzero */
EXIT_SUCCESSandEXIT_FAILURErepresent a successful and unsuccessful exit status respectively, and can be used as arguments to theexit(3) function.
C11, POSIX.1-2008.
C89, POSIX.1-2001.
#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { FILE *fp; if (argc != 2) { fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <file>\n", argv[0]); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } fp = fopen(argv[1], "r"); if (fp == NULL) { perror(argv[1]); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } /* Other code omitted */ fclose(fp); exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); }exit(3),sysexits.h(3head)
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