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.Dd January 13, 2003 .Dt _LWP_EXIT 2 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm _lwp_exit .Nd terminate the calling light-weight process .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libc .Sh SYNOPSIS n lwp.h .Ft void .Fn _lwp_exit void .Sh DESCRIPTION .Fn _lwp_exit terminates the calling LWP. If it is the last LWP in the process, the process exits with a status of 0. If the LWP was not created in a detached state, then the system will not reclaim its LWP ID until its status is reported to another LWP in the process via .Xr _lwp_wait 2 . .Sh RETURN VALUES .Fn _lwp_exit can never return. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr _exit 2 , .Xr _lwp_create 2 , .Xr _lwp_wait 2 .Sh HISTORY The .Fn _lwp_exit system call first appeared in .Nx 2.0 .