sys._exit()

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <mailman.998520406.25668.python-list at python.org>,
Chuck Esterbrook  <ChuckEsterbrook at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>-----------------------
>_exit(n)
>
>Exit to the system with status n, without calling cleanup handlers, 
>flushing stdio buffers, etc. Availability: Unix, Windows.
>
>Note: the standard way to exit is sys.exit(n). _exit() should normally only 
>be used in the child process after a fork().

For the clarification of any confused readers, this is os._exit()
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