Index: /trunk/psLib/src/sys/psAbort.c
===================================================================
--- /trunk/psLib/src/sys/psAbort.c	(revision 429)
+++ /trunk/psLib/src/sys/psAbort.c	(revision 429)
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/** @file  psAbort.c
+ *
+ *  @brief Contains the definition for abort function
+ *
+ *  The abort logging and handling shall be performed by psAbort function.
+ *  This will allow for consistent handling of other software units
+ *  needing to abort from program execution.
+ *
+ *  @author Eric Van Alst, MHPCC
+ *   
+ *  @version $Revision: 1.1 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
+ *  @date $Date: 2004-04-15 20:37:56 $
+ *
+ *  Copyright 2004 Maui High Performance Computing Center, University of Hawaii
+ */
+
+/******************************************************************************/
+/*  INCLUDE FILES                                                             */
+/******************************************************************************/
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "psAbort.h"
+#include "psLogMsg.h"
+
+/******************************************************************************/
+/*  DEFINE STATEMENTS                                                         */
+/******************************************************************************/
+
+// None
+
+/******************************************************************************/
+/*  TYPE DEFINITIONS                                                          */
+/******************************************************************************/
+
+// None
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+/*  GLOBAL VARIABLES                                                         */
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+// None
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+/*  FILE STATIC VARIABLES                                                    */
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+// None
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+/*  FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATION - LOCAL                                          */
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+// None
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+/* FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATION - PUBLIC                                          */
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+void psAbort(
+    char *name,   
+    char *fmt,
+    ...   
+)
+{
+    va_list    argPtr;     // variable list arguement pointer
+
+    // Get the variable list parameters to pass to logging function
+    va_start(argPtr, fmt);
+
+    // Call logging function with PS_LOG_ABORT level
+    psVLogMsg(name, PS_LOG_ABORT, fmt, argPtr);
+
+    // Clean up stack after variable arguement has been used
+    va_end(argPtr);
+
+    // Call system abort function to terminate program execution
+    abort();
+}
+
Index: /trunk/psLib/src/sysUtils/psAbort.c
===================================================================
--- /trunk/psLib/src/sysUtils/psAbort.c	(revision 429)
+++ /trunk/psLib/src/sysUtils/psAbort.c	(revision 429)
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/** @file  psAbort.c
+ *
+ *  @brief Contains the definition for abort function
+ *
+ *  The abort logging and handling shall be performed by psAbort function.
+ *  This will allow for consistent handling of other software units
+ *  needing to abort from program execution.
+ *
+ *  @author Eric Van Alst, MHPCC
+ *   
+ *  @version $Revision: 1.1 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
+ *  @date $Date: 2004-04-15 20:37:56 $
+ *
+ *  Copyright 2004 Maui High Performance Computing Center, University of Hawaii
+ */
+
+/******************************************************************************/
+/*  INCLUDE FILES                                                             */
+/******************************************************************************/
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "psAbort.h"
+#include "psLogMsg.h"
+
+/******************************************************************************/
+/*  DEFINE STATEMENTS                                                         */
+/******************************************************************************/
+
+// None
+
+/******************************************************************************/
+/*  TYPE DEFINITIONS                                                          */
+/******************************************************************************/
+
+// None
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+/*  GLOBAL VARIABLES                                                         */
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+// None
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+/*  FILE STATIC VARIABLES                                                    */
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+// None
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+/*  FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATION - LOCAL                                          */
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+// None
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+/* FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATION - PUBLIC                                          */
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+void psAbort(
+    char *name,   
+    char *fmt,
+    ...   
+)
+{
+    va_list    argPtr;     // variable list arguement pointer
+
+    // Get the variable list parameters to pass to logging function
+    va_start(argPtr, fmt);
+
+    // Call logging function with PS_LOG_ABORT level
+    psVLogMsg(name, PS_LOG_ABORT, fmt, argPtr);
+
+    // Clean up stack after variable arguement has been used
+    va_end(argPtr);
+
+    // Call system abort function to terminate program execution
+    abort();
+}
+