Name

EXIT_FAILURE macro — Exit status for unsuccessful termination

Synopsis

int EXIT_FAILURE

Pass EXIT_FAILURE to exit to terminate the program normally and informs the operating system that the program was unsuccessful. Returning EXIT_FAILURE from main is the same as calling exit. The EXIT_FAILURE macro expands to an integer constant.

See Also

exit function

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