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<h3 class="section">2.2 Quitting Octave</h3>
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<p>Shutdown is initiated with the <code>exit</code> or <code>quit</code> commands (they are
equivalent). Similar to startup, Octave has a shutdown process that can be
customized by user script files. During shutdown Octave will search for the
script file <samp>finish.m</samp> in the function load path. Commands to save all
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<dt><a name="index-exit"></a>: <em></em> <strong>exit</strong></dt>
<dt><a name="index-exit-1"></a>: <em></em> <strong>exit</strong> <em>(<var>status</var>)</em></dt>
<dt><a name="index-quit"></a>: <em></em> <strong>quit</strong></dt>
<dt><a name="index-quit-1"></a>: <em></em> <strong>quit</strong> <em>(<var>status</var>)</em></dt>
<dd><p>Exit the current Octave session.
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<p>If the optional integer value <var>status</var> is supplied, pass that value to
the operating system as Octave’s exit status. The default value is zero.
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<p>When exiting, Octave will attempt to run the m-file <samp>finish.m</samp> if it
exists. User commands to save the workspace or clean up temporary files
may be placed in that file. Alternatively, another m-file may be scheduled
to run using <code>atexit</code>.
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<p><strong>See also:</strong> <a href="#XREFatexit">atexit</a>.
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<dt><a name="index-atexit"></a>: <em></em> <strong>atexit</strong> <em>(<var>fcn</var>)</em></dt>
<dt><a name="index-atexit-1"></a>: <em></em> <strong>atexit</strong> <em>(<var>fcn</var>, <var>flag</var>)</em></dt>
<dd><p>Register a function to be called when Octave exits.
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<p>For example,
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<p>will print the message <code>"Bye bye"</code> when Octave exits.
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<p>The additional argument <var>flag</var> will register or unregister <var>fcn</var>
from the list of functions to be called when Octave exits. If <var>flag</var> is
true, the function is registered, and if <var>flag</var> is false, it is
unregistered. For example, after registering the function <code>last_words</code>
above,
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<p>will remove the function from the list and Octave will not call
<code>last_words</code> when it exits.
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<p>Note that <code>atexit</code> only removes the first occurrence of a function
from the list, so if a function was placed in the list multiple times with
<code>atexit</code>, it must also be removed from the list multiple times.
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