NAME

       hal_exit - Shut down HAL

SYNTAX

       int hal_exit(int comp_id)

ARGUMENTS

       comp_id
              A HAL component identifier returned by an earlier call to hal_init.

DESCRIPTION

       hal_exit  shuts  down  and  cleans  up HAL and RTAPI.  It must be called prior to exit by any module that
       called hal_init.

REALTIME CONSIDERATIONS

       Call only from within non-realtime or init/cleanup code, not from realtime tasks.

RETURN VALUE

       Returns a HAL status code.

LinuxCNC Documentation                             2006-10-12                                     hal_exit(3hal)