procexec/exit_handlers.c

This is procexec/exit_handlers.c (Listing 25-1, page 536), an example from the book, The Linux Programming Interface.

The source code file is copyright 2024, Michael Kerrisk, and is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 3.

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+/* exit_handlers.c
+
+   Demonstrate the use of atexit(3) and on_exit(3), which can be used to
+   register functions (commonly known as "exit handlers") to be called at
+   normal process exit. (These functions are not called if the process does
+   an _exit(2) or if it is terminated by a signal.)
+*/
 #define _BSD_SOURCE     /* Get on_exit() declaration from <stdlib.h> */
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include "tlpi_hdr.h"
 
+#ifdef __linux__        /* Few UNIX implementations have on_exit() */
+#define HAVE_ON_EXIT
+#endif
+
 static void
 atexitFunc1(void)
 {
     printf("atexit function 1 called\n");
 }
 
 static void
 atexitFunc2(void)
 {
     printf("atexit function 2 called\n");
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_ON_EXIT
 static void
 onexitFunc(int exitStatus, void *arg)
 {
     printf("on_exit function called: status=%d, arg=%ld\n",
                 exitStatus, (long) arg);
 }
+#endif
 
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+#ifdef HAVE_ON_EXIT
     if (on_exit(onexitFunc, (void *) 10) != 0)
         fatal("on_exit 1");
+#endif
     if (atexit(atexitFunc1) != 0)
         fatal("atexit 1");
     if (atexit(atexitFunc2) != 0)
         fatal("atexit 2");
+#ifdef HAVE_ON_EXIT
     if (on_exit(onexitFunc, (void *) 20) != 0)
         fatal("on_exit 2");
+#endif
 
     exit(2);
 }

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