What is python's "abort"?

Question

C uses abort to terminate the process by raising a SIGABRT signal. What is the equivalent abort in Python? Thanks.

I guess you could send a SIGABRT signal to the parent process? Why do you need this? — Martijn Pieters, Apr 09 '17 at 12:25
Are you looking for [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/179369/how-do-i-abort-the-execution-of-a-python-script)? — gsamaras, Apr 09 '17 at 12:26
I suspect however that just `sys.exit()` suffices for your needs. — Martijn Pieters, Apr 09 '17 at 12:26
No point tagging C, since the question isn't *about* C. Removed tag — StoryTeller - Unslander Monica, Apr 09 '17 at 12:26

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 09 '17 at 12:27

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Try this:

import sys
sys.exit()

You can also give some text as a parameter to print the error message.

sys.exit("This is the error")

answered Apr 09 '17 at 12:27

Arvindsinc2

So, sys.exit is going to terminate the process, rather than shut down the whole python program, right? – wad Apr 09 '17 at 12:29
@wad: What distinction are you trying to make there? – Eric Apr 09 '17 at 12:32
Since exit() only raises an exception, it will only exit the process when called from the main thread, and the exception is not intercepted. – Arvindsinc2 Apr 09 '17 at 12:33
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No, this is normal exit. `os.abort()` calls C `abort`. Why is this question marked as duplicate when the linked questions do not aswer? – vaclav.blazek May 21 '19 at 13:01

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