error C3861: 'exit': identifier not found

error C3861: 'exit': identifier not found

• aKzenT

  Brian,

  I get a LINK error, when I try this ...

  cannot open file '.\Debug\main.obj'

  
  

• Accap

  No,

  I'm not able to compile from the command line ... 'cl' is not recognized.

  
  

• Sean Schade

  Sorry, I forgot to mention. The purpose here is not to build, but rather to diagnose. /P will generate main.i, which will be a long file. This is where the actual results of the inclusion of stdlib.h is revealed and may lend clues as to why exit is not being declared.
  

• freeskier89

  I tried to understand the main.i file, but didn't ...

  then I looked through the stdlib.h file, and found the the following line was commended out:

  _CRTIMP __declspec(noreturn) void __cdecl exit(__in int _Code);

  I took out the comment and recompiled it ... and now it works.

  Thank you both for your help

  
  

• Dan Wood

  Note: i followed up with your question about how to use /P earlier in this thread. Perhaps this is another avenue worth trying.
  

• mutex

  icesun wrote:

  No, I'm not able to compile from the command line ... 'cl' is not recognized.

  Use the Visual Studio 2005 Command Prompt.

  
  
  

• David Wrighton

  Another technique is to generate a preprocessor output file for the cpp file being compiled.  Under C/C++ settings, set the Generate Preprocessed File (/P) to Yes.  Then look for the definition of exit().  If it is isn't there, then compare with stdlib.h to see how it might have been #ifdef'd out.

  Brian

   

  
  

• BillBBellevue

  icesun wrote:

  Hi Nishant. I tried compiling the above snipplet, but got the same error. When I create the new project I make it as a Windows 32 Console Application.

  Put the code into a cpp file (say a.cpp)

  #include <stdlib.h>

  int main()
  {
  exit(0);
  }

  And compile from the command line. Use cl a.cpp

  Does that work

  
  
  

• Rubens Arandas

  No,

  get the same error:

  a.ccp(5) : error c3861: 'exit': identifier not found.

  
  

• kiran1234

  That is very strange.

  The following compiles perfectly with VC++ 2005 :

  #include <stdlib.h>

  int main()
  {
  exit(0);
  }

  Could you try compiling the above code snippet

  icesun wrote:

  Hi, I'm trying to build an old code (main.cpp) where I'm using SDL. This is my first time using Visual Studio 2005. I have included the following: #include <SDL/SDL.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { if ( SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_AUDIO|SDL_INIT_VIDEO) < 0 ) //SDL_Init will return -1 if it could not initialize { printf("Unable to init SDL: %s\n", SDL_GetError()); exit(1); } atexit(SDL_Quit); } I get the error : error C3861: 'exit': identifier not found. What am I doing wrong

  
  
  

• scJohn

  Hi Nishant.

  I tried compiling the above snipplet, but got the same error.

  When I create the new project I make it as a Windows 32 Console Application.

  
  
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