======Synopsis:======
[[abort]]

======Description:======
This command initiates an orderly abnormal shutdown of EPIC using the 
abort(3) C library function, which typically results in a core dump.

This command is intended for debugging purposes.

======History======
The [[abort]] command first appeared in "plus-9" (post-ircII, pre-EPIC).

$EPIC: abort.txt,v 1.2 2006/07/12 13:57:46 sthalik Exp $