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.\"	@(#)mincore.2	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
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.Dd June 9, 1993
.Dt MINCORE 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm mincore
.Nd determine residency of memory pages
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
.Fd #include <sys/mman.h>
.Ft int
.Fn mincore "caddr_t addr" "size_t len" "char *vec"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn mincore
system call
allows a process to obtain information about whether pages are
core resident.
Here the current core residency of the pages is returned
in the character array 
.Fa vec ,
with a value of 1 meaning that the page is in-core.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion,
a value of 0 is returned.
Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and
.Va errno
is set to indicate the error.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr madvise 2 ,
.Xr minherit 2 ,
.Xr mlock 2 ,
.Xr mprotect 2 ,
.Xr msync 2 ,
.Xr munmap 2
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn mincore
function first appeared in 4.4BSD.
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	36	.Dd June 9, 1993
	37	.Dt MINCORE 2
	38	.Os
	39	.Sh NAME
	40	.Nm mincore
	41	.Nd determine residency of memory pages
	42	.Sh SYNOPSIS
	43	.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
	44	.Fd #include <sys/mman.h>
	45	.Ft int
	46	.Fn mincore "caddr_t addr" "size_t len" "char *vec"
	47	.Sh DESCRIPTION
	48	The
	49	.Fn mincore
	50	system call
	51	allows a process to obtain information about whether pages are
	52	core resident.
	53	Here the current core residency of the pages is returned
	54	in the character array
	55	.Fa vec ,
	56	with a value of 1 meaning that the page is in-core.
	57	.Sh RETURN VALUES
	58	Upon successful completion,
	59	a value of 0 is returned.
	60	Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and
	61	.Va errno
	62	is set to indicate the error.
	63	.Sh SEE ALSO
	64	.Xr madvise 2 ,
65	.Xr minherit 2 ,
66	.Xr mlock 2 ,
67	.Xr mprotect 2 ,
68	.Xr msync 2 ,
69	.Xr munmap 2
70	.Sh HISTORY
71	The
72	.Fn mincore
73	function first appeared in 4.4BSD.