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     ABORT(3)                                                 ABORT(3)

     NAME
          abort - generate IOT fault

     DESCRIPTION
          Abort executes the PDP11 IOT instruction.  This causes a
          signal that normally terminates the process with a core
          dump, which may be used for debugging.

     SEE ALSO
          adb(1), signal(2), exit(2)

     DIAGNOSTICS
          Usually `IOT trap - core dumped' from the shell.