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28 | .\" @(#)getpagesize.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 | |
29 | .\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/gen/getpagesize.3,v 1.12 2007/01/09 00:27:54 imp Exp $ | |
30 | .\" | |
31 | .Dd June 4, 1993 | |
32 | .Dt GETPAGESIZE 3 | |
33 | .Os | |
34 | .Sh NAME | |
35 | .Nm getpagesize | |
36 | .Nd get system page size | |
37 | .Sh LIBRARY | |
38 | .Lb libc | |
39 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
40 | .In unistd.h | |
41 | .Ft int | |
42 | .Fn getpagesize void | |
43 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
44 | The | |
45 | .Fn getpagesize | |
46 | function | |
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. | |
54 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
55 | .Xr pagesize 1 , | |
56 | .Xr sbrk 2 | |
57 | .Sh HISTORY | |
58 | The | |
59 | .Fn getpagesize | |
60 | function appeared in | |
61 | .Bx 4.2 . |