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panic(9r)


NAME

  panic - General: Causes a system crash


SYNOPSIS

  void panic(
	  char *message );


ARGUMENTS

  message
      Specifies the message you want the panic routine to display on the
      console terminal.


DESCRIPTION

  The panic routine causes a system crash, usually because of fatal errors.
  It sends to the console terminal and error logger the specified message
  and, possibly, other system-dependent information (for example, register
  dumps). It also causes a crash dump to be generated. After displaying the
  message, panic reboots the system if the console environment variables are
  set appropriately.


RETURN VALUES

  None


SEE ALSO

  Routines: printf(9r)

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