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Pterm
Terminate Process with Return Code
Pterm() Opcode = 76 ($4C)
L ik e P te rm O (), P t e r m () term in a tes th e c u rre n t p ro ce ss, clo se s all o p en
files, cle ars th e m e m o ry sp a ce u se d b y th e p ro ce ss, an d exits to th e calling
p ro g ra m , u su ally th e G E M D es k to p . In ad d itio n , it a llow s a re tu rn co d e to
b e p a sse d to th e callin g p ro g ra m . T his fu n ctio n is m a inly of in tere st to m a
ch in e la n g u ag e p ro g ra m m e rs , sin ce th e star tu p m o d u les su p p lied w ith C
la n g u a g e com p ile rs au to m atically call o n e of th e te rm in ate fu nction s w h en
th e m a i n ( ) fu n ction exits.
C macro format
in t retco d e;
P term (re tc od e );
Machine language format
m o v e .w
m o v e .w
trap
Inputs
re tco d e
Results
N o n e
See also
P te rm O (), P t e rm r e s ()
# re tc o d e , - (sp )
# $ 4 C , - (sp )
#1
w o rd T h e exit co d e th at is retu rn ed to th e call
in g p ro g ra m .
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