Exiting, quitting, or halting refers to the termination of a process or program.
Questions tagged [exit]
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return statement vs exit() in main()
Should I use exit() or just return statements in main()? Personally I favor the return statements because I feel it's like reading any other function and the flow control when I'm reading the code is smooth (in my opinion). And even if I want to…
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How to stop C++ console application from exiting immediately?
Lately, I've been trying to learn C++ from this website. Unfortunately whenever I try to run one of the code samples, I see that program open for about a half second and then immediately close. Is there a way to stop the program from closing…
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How to create an exit message
Is there a one line function call that quits the program and displays a message? I know in Perl it's as simple as:
die("Message goes here")
I'm tired of typing this:
puts "Message goes here"
exit
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How to exit from the application and show the home screen?
I have an application where on the home page I have buttons for navigation through the application.
On that page I have a button "EXIT" which when clicked should take the user to the home screen on the phone where the application icon is.
How can I…
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When should we call System.exit in Java
In Java, What is the difference with or without System.exit(0) in following code?
public class TestExit
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println("hello world");
System.exit(0); // is it…
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How do I abort the execution of a Python script?
I have a simple Python script that I want to stop executing if a condition is met.
For example:
done = True
if done:
# quit/stop/exit
else:
# do other stuff
Essentially, I am looking for something that behaves equivalently to the 'return'…
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What happens to a detached thread when main() exits?
Assume I'm starting a std::thread and then detach() it, so the thread continues executing even though the std::thread that once represented it, goes out of scope.
Assume further that the program does not have a reliable protocol for joining the…
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How to exit a function in bash
How would you exit out of a function if a condition is true without killing the whole script, just return back to before you called the function.
Example
# Start script
Do scripty stuff here
Ok now lets call FUNCT
FUNCT
Here is A to come back…
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Exit a Script On Error
I'm building a Shell Script that has a if function like this one:
if jarsigner -verbose -keystore $keyst -keystore $pass $jar_file $kalias
then
echo $jar_file signed sucessfully
else
echo ERROR: Failed to sign $jar_file. Please recheck the…
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Doing something before program exit
How can you have a function or something that will be executed before your program quits? I have a script that will be constantly running in the background, and I need it to save some data to a file before it exits. Is there a standard way of doing…
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How to know the reason why a docker container exits?
I have a Docker container running in a host of 1G RAM (there are also other containers running in the same host). The application in this Docker container will decode some images, which may consume memory a lot.
From time to time, this container…
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Correct way to quit a Qt program?
How should I quit a Qt Program, e.g when loading a data file, and discovered file corruption, and user need to quit this app or re-initiate data file?
Should I:
call exit(EXIT_FAILURE)
call QApplication::quit()
call QCoreApplication::quit()
And…
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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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When to use os.Exit() and panic()?
Could someone explain the key differences between os.Exit() and panic() and how they are used in practice in Go?
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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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