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tell people that atexit is bad; ok jmc

OPENBSD_3_8
deraadt 19 years ago
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@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" $OpenBSD: atexit.3,v 1.5 2003/06/02 20:18:37 millert Exp $
.\" $OpenBSD: atexit.3,v 1.6 2005/08/06 18:43:23 deraadt Exp $
.\"
.Dd June 29, 1991
.Dt ATEXIT 3
@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ Functions so registered are called in reverse order;
no arguments are passed.
At least 32 functions can always be registered,
and more are allowed as long as sufficient memory can be allocated.
.Pp
.Fn atexit
is very difficult to use correctly without creating
.Xr exit 3 Ns -time
races.
Unless absolutely neccessary, please avoid using it.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Rv -std atexit
.Sh ERRORS


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