<html lang="en"> <head> <title>Initialization and Exit Hooks - 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="Starting-and-Stopping.html#Starting-and-Stopping" title="Starting and Stopping"> <link rel="prev" href="Initialization-Files.html#Initialization-Files" title="Initialization Files"> <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="Initialization-and-Exit-Hooks"></a> <p> Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="Initialization-Files.html#Initialization-Files">Initialization Files</a>, Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="Starting-and-Stopping.html#Starting-and-Stopping">Starting and Stopping</a> <hr> </div> <!-- node-name, next, previous, up --> <h3 class="section">3.5 Initialization and Exit Hooks</h3> <p>SBCL provides hooks into the system initialization and exit. <p><a name="Variable-sb_002dext_003a_002ainit_002dhooks_002a"></a> <div class="defun"> — Variable: <b>sb-ext:*init-hooks*</b><var><a name="index-sb_002dext_003a_002ainit_002dhooks_002a-14"></a></var><br> <blockquote><p><a name="index-sb_002dext_003a_002ainit_002dhooks_002a-15"></a>This is a list of functions which are called in an unspecified order when a saved core image starts up, after the system itself has been initialized. Unused by <code>sbcl</code> itself: reserved for user and applications. </p></blockquote></div> <p><a name="Variable-sb_002dext_003a_002aexit_002dhooks_002a"></a> <div class="defun"> — Variable: <b>sb-ext:*exit-hooks*</b><var><a name="index-sb_002dext_003a_002aexit_002dhooks_002a-16"></a></var><br> <blockquote><p><a name="index-sb_002dext_003a_002aexit_002dhooks_002a-17"></a>This is a list of functions which are called in an unspecified order when <code>sbcl</code> process exits. Unused by <code>sbcl</code> itself: reserved for user and applications. Using (QUIT <code>:recklessly-p</code> T), or calling exit(3) directly will circumvent these hooks. </p></blockquote></div> </body></html>