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.TH "PANIC" "" "06 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
panic \- halt the system
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
.sp
\fB
.sp
NORET_TYPE void panic  (const char * \fIfmt\fB, \&... \fI\&...\fB);
\fR
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIfmt\fB\fR
The text string to print
.TP
\fB\fI\&...\fB\fR
variable arguments
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Display a message, then perform cleanups. Functions in the panic
notifier list are called after the filesystem cache is flushed (when possible).
.PP
This function never returns.