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pagesize

pagesize(1)							   User Commands						       pagesize(1)

NAME

       pagesize - display the size or sizes of a page of memory

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/bin/pagesize [-a]

DESCRIPTION

       The  pagesize  utility prints the default size of a page of memory in bytes, as returned by getpagesize(3C). This program is useful in con-
       structing portable shell scripts.

OPTIONS

       The following option is supported:

       -a	Prints out all possible hardware address translation sizes supported by the system.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcsu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       ppgsz(1), getpagesize(3C), getpagesizes(3C), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10							    4 May 2001							       pagesize(1)

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