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.Dd June 4, 1993
.Dt GETPAGESIZE 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm getpagesize
.Nd get system page size
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In unistd.h
.Ft int
.Fn getpagesize void
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn getpagesize
function
returns the number of bytes in a page.
Page granularity is the granularity of many of the memory
management calls.
.Pp
The page size is a system
page size and may not be the same as the underlying
hardware page size.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr pagesize 1 ,
.Xr sbrk 2
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn getpagesize
function appeared in
.Bx 4.2 .
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5b2abdfb A	31	.Dd June 4, 1993
5b2abdfb A	32	.Dt GETPAGESIZE 3
e9ce8d39 A	33	.Os
e9ce8d39 A	34	.Sh NAME
5b2abdfb A	35	.Nm getpagesize
5b2abdfb A	36	.Nd get system page size
e9ce8d39 A	37	.Sh LIBRARY
	38	.Lb libc
	39	.Sh SYNOPSIS
5b2abdfb	40	.In unistd.h
e9ce8d39	41	.Ft int
5b2abdfb	42	.Fn getpagesize void
e9ce8d39	43	.Sh DESCRIPTION
9385eb3d A	44	The
	45	.Fn getpagesize
	46	function
5b2abdfb A	47	returns the number of bytes in a page.
	48	Page granularity is the granularity of many of the memory
	49	management calls.
	50	.Pp
	51	The page size is a system
	52	page size and may not be the same as the underlying
	53	hardware page size.
e9ce8d39	54	.Sh SEE ALSO
5b2abdfb A	55	.Xr pagesize 1 ,
5b2abdfb A	56	.Xr sbrk 2
e9ce8d39 A	57	.Sh HISTORY
e9ce8d39 A	58	The
9385eb3d A	59	.Fn getpagesize
9385eb3d A	60	function appeared in
5b2abdfb	61	.Bx 4.2 .