<html lang="en"> <head> <title>Exit on Errors - SBCL 1.0.31 User Manual</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"> <meta name="description" content="SBCL 1.0.31 User Manual"> <meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.13"> <link title="Top" rel="start" href="index.html#Top"> <link rel="up" href="Stopping-SBCL.html#Stopping-SBCL" title="Stopping SBCL"> <link rel="prev" href="Saving-a-Core-Image.html#Saving-a-Core-Image" title="Saving a Core Image"> <link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/" rel="generator-home" title="Texinfo Homepage"> <!-- This manual is part of the SBCL software system. See the `README' file for more information. This manual is largely derived from the manual for the CMUCL system, which was produced at Carnegie Mellon University and later released into the public domain. This manual is in the public domain and is provided with absolutely no warranty. See the `COPYING' and `CREDITS' files for more information. --> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> <style type="text/css"><!-- pre.display { font-family:inherit } pre.format { font-family:inherit } pre.smalldisplay { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallformat { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallexample { font-size:smaller } pre.smalllisp { font-size:smaller } span.sc { font-variant:small-caps } span.roman { font-family:serif; font-weight:normal; } span.sansserif { font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal; } --></style> </head> <body> <div class="node"> <a name="Exit-on-Errors"></a> <p> Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="Saving-a-Core-Image.html#Saving-a-Core-Image">Saving a Core Image</a>, Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="Stopping-SBCL.html#Stopping-SBCL">Stopping SBCL</a> <hr> </div> <!-- node-name, next, previous, up --> <h4 class="subsection">3.2.4 Exit on Errors</h4> <p>SBCL can also be configured to exit if an unhandled error occurs, which is mainly useful for acting as part of a shell pipeline; doing so under most other circumstances would mean giving up large parts of the flexibility and robustness of Common Lisp. See <a href="Debugger-Entry.html#Debugger-Entry">Debugger Entry</a>. </body></html>