From: "Nicolas Gasnier" <nicolas DOT gasnier AT wanadoo DOT fr>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: exit() makes my program crash!!!!!
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 17:40:00 +0200
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Did you free all the memory you eventually have
allocated before exiting ?
I've experienced some similar crashes due to
memory that was not freed, so this can be the cause
of the crash.

I hope that help.
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Mohamed Saad a écrit dans le message
<19991012134544 DOT 29339 DOT rocketmail AT web107 DOT yahoomail DOT com>...
>
>Hello everyone,
>   how are you? hope every thing is allright!
>
>   well... here are some small questions!
>
>   1) a strange thing is happening! in a program of
>mine, i made an Exit button! when it is pressed, it
>simply calls... exit(1);
>   now... the problem is that when the button is
>pressed, my whole program freezes!! it does not
>respond to any thing! even ctrl-break does not work!
>   i tried to replace exit(1) with abort() and it
>exited with no problem (but i can't use it! because it
>outputs the stack contents and stuff!!)
>
>   now what does exit(1) do to freeze the program??
>
>   (Note: I have not hooked any interrupts!! the
>program is runnin in 640*480*65k colors... in case
>this helps!)
>
> Please help me! I am so desperate!!!
>
>Thanx,
>   Mohamed El Dawy
>
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