This tag refers to the action of terminating (stopping) a process before it has finished naturally. Usually, this is done because a fatal error was encountered during operation.
Use this tag for any questions related to aborting a process.
Questions tagged [abort]
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How do I abort/cancel TPL Tasks?
In a thread, I create some System.Threading.Task and start each task.
When I do a .Abort() to kill the thread, the tasks are not aborted.
How can I transmit the .Abort() to my tasks ?
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What is the difference between exit() and abort()?
In C and C++, what is the difference between exit() and abort()? I am trying to end my program after an error (not an exception).
Nathan Stoddard
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How to abort an interactive rebase if --abort doesn't work?
I've got myself into a muddle via an interactive rebase, and I now wish to abort it. (i.e. go back to the point before I was dropped into interactive rebase mode, in my case via git pull --rebase.) The way to do this seems to be via git rebase…
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Stop execution of Ruby script
Is there a method like exit or die in PHP which stops the execution of a Ruby script?
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How to programmatically cause a core dump in C/C++
I would like to force a core dump at a specific location in my C++ application.
I know I can do it by doing something like:
int * crash = NULL;
*crash = 1;
But I would like to know if there is a cleaner way?
I am using Linux by the way.
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How to Abort Git Bisect
I started my git bisect by specifying good and bad revisions but I don't think they registered. Additionally, as I am attempting to specify git bisect good and bad, I don't think git is doing anything. I would like to abort the entire bisect so that…
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Xcode 8 cocoapods abort trap: 6
localhost:PodTest3 haiwang$ pod install
Analyzing dependencies
Downloading dependencies
Installing MBProgressHUD (0.9.2)
Installing Masonry (1.0.2)
Generating Pods project
Abort trap: 6
After upgrading to Xcode 8, cocoapods doesn't work anymore. I…
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Response.Redirect results in "Object moved to here"
I'm working on a C# ASP.NET page that normally ends up redirecting to a "file:" URL. This seems to work fine the majority of the time, in the majority of circumstances, but occasionally (and, on my test system, apparently always) instead of a…
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Flask - How to create custom abort() code?
Flask has a good error handler by using abort() or when the error truly occurred.
From Flask documentation there is an example for error 404 handler:
@app.errorhandler(404)
def not_found(error):
return render_template('404.html'), 404
So, I…
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Standard 401 response when using HTTP auth in flask
In flask, I'm using the following snippet to enable HTTP auth:
def authenticate():
return Response('', 401, {'WWW-Authenticate':'Basic realm="Login Required"'})
Now, in my past experience with Flask, if…
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Browser waits for ajax call to complete even after abort has been called (jQuery)
I have some (potentially) long-running ajax calls that I would like to abort if the user navigates to another page. The following jQuery code calls abort on all pending XMLHttpRequest objects upon navigating away from the page:
$.ajaxSetup({
…
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Is C#'s using statement abort-safe?
I've just finished reading "C# 4.0 in a Nutshell" (O'Reilly) and I think it's a great book for a programmer willing to switch to C#, but it left me wondering. My problem is the definition of using statement. According to the book (p. 138),
using…
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How can I start another request after AbortController.abort()?
I've read about cancelling fetch requests by using AbortController.abort(). Is there a way to start a request again without aborting it after calling this command?
For example, in this demo from MDN, once Cancel download has been clicked, clicking…
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C++: How to implement a timeout for an arbitrary function call?
I need to call a library function that sometimes won't terminate within a given time, unfortunately. Is there a way to call the function but abort it if it doesn't terminate within n seconds?
I cannot modify the function, so I cannot put the abort…
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How to check if connection was aborted in node.js server
I'm making some long polling with node.js.
Basically, node.js server accepts request from the user and then checks for some updates. If there're no updates, it will check them after the timeout.
But what if user has closed his tab, or went to…
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