NAME
fatal - print a message and dump core

SYNTAX
#include "error.h"

void fatal(char *format_string, ...);

DESCRIPTION
This function takes the same type of argument as 'printf', and prints these with any available debug information. (A trace of the 512 last executed instructions if you compiled with DEBUG.) Then it forces the driver to dump core so you can examine the bug with a debugger. Use with extreme caution, an error() might sometimes be a lot better...

KEYWORDS
error_handling

SEE ALSO
error