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getpagesize(3)           BSD Library Functions Manual           getpagesize(3)


NAME

     getpagesize -- get system page size


LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)


SYNOPSIS

     #include <unistd.h>

     int
     getpagesize(void);


DESCRIPTION

     The getpagesize() function returns the number of bytes in a page.  Page
     granularity is the granularity of many of the memory management calls.

     The page size is a system page size and may not be the same as the under-
     lying hardware page size.


SEE ALSO

     pagesize(1), sbrk(2)


HISTORY

     The getpagesize() function appeared in 4.2BSD.

BSD                              June 4, 1993                              BSD

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