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Terminate Process with Return Code
Pterm()
L ik e P t e r m O ( ) , P t e r m ( ) t e r m i n a t e s t h e c u r r e n t p r o c e s s , c l o s e s a ll o p e n
f ile s , c l e a r s t h e m e m o r y s p a c e u s e d b y t h e p r o c e s s , a n d e x i t s t o th e c a lli n g
p r o g r a m , u s u a l l y t h e G E M D e s k t o p . I n a d d i t i o n , it a l l o w s a r e t u r n c o d e to
b e p a s s e d t o t h e c a lli n g p r o g r a m . T h i s f u n c t i o n is m a i n l y o f i n t e r e s t to m a ­
c h i n e l a n g u a g e p r o g r a m m e r s , s i n c e t h e s t a r t u p m o d u l e s s u p p l i e d w i t h C
l a n g u a g e c o m p i l e r s a u t o m a t i c a l l y c a ll o n e o f t h e t e r m i n a t e f u n c t i o n s w h e n
t h e m a i n ( ) f u n c t i o n e x i t s .
C macro format
i n t r e t c o d e ;
P t e r m ( r e t c o d e ) ;
Machine language format
m o v e . w # r e t c o d e , - ( s p )
m o v e . w # $ 4 C , - ( s p )
#1
t r a p
Inputs
r e t c o d e
w o r d
Results
N o n e
See also
P t e r m O ( ) , P t e r m r e s ( )
Pterm
T h e e x i t c o d e t h a t is r e t u r n e d t o t h e c a ll­
i n g p r o g r a m .
Opcode = 76 ($4C)
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