1  .TH hal_exit "3hal" "2006-10-12" "LinuxCNC Documentation" "HAL"
 2  .SH NAME
 3  
 4  hal_exit \- Shut down HAL
 5  
 6  .SH SYNTAX
 7  .HP
 8  int hal_exit(int \fIcomp_id\fR)
 9  
10  .SH ARGUMENTS
11  .IP \fIcomp_id\fR
12  A HAL component identifier returned by an earlier call to \fBhal_init\fR.
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14  .SH DESCRIPTION
15  \fBhal_exit\fR shuts down and cleans up HAL and RTAPI.  It must be
16  called prior to exit by any module that called \fBhal_init\fR.
17  
18  .SH REALTIME CONSIDERATIONS
19  Call only from within user or init/cleanup code, not from realtime tasks.
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21  .SH RETURN VALUE
22  Returns a HAL status code.
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