# phpman > perldoc > longjmp

## Found in /usr/share/perl/5.34/pod/perlfaq8.pod
  How can I do an atexit() or setjmp()/longjmp()? (Exception handling)
    You can use the "END" block to simulate "atexit()". Each package's "END"
    block is called when the program or thread ends. See the perlmod manpage
    for more details about "END" blocks.

    For example, you can use this to make sure your filter program managed
    to finish its output without filling up the disk:

        END {
            close(STDOUT) || die "stdout close failed: $!";
        }

    The "END" block isn't called when untrapped signals kill the program,
    though, so if you use "END" blocks you should also use

        use sigtrap qw(die normal-signals);

    Perl's exception-handling mechanism is its "eval()" operator. You can
    use "eval()" as "setjmp" and "die()" as "longjmp". For details of this,
    see the section on signals, especially the time-out handler for a
    blocking "flock()" in "Signals" in perlipc or the section on "Signals"
    in *Programming Perl*.

    If exception handling is all you're interested in, use one of the many
    CPAN modules that handle exceptions, such as [Try::Tiny](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Try%3A%3ATiny/markdown).

    If you want the "atexit()" syntax (and an "rmexit()" as well), try the
    "AtExit" module available from CPAN.