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Man Page: getpagesize

Operating Environment: osf1

Section: 2

getpagesize(2)							System Calls Manual						    getpagesize(2)

NAME
getpagesize - Gets the system page size
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h> int getpagesize ( void );
STANDARDS
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows: getpagesize(): XPG4-UNIX Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags.
DESCRIPTION
The getpagesize() function returns the number of bytes in a page. You might need to include this value in parameters to memory management system calls. The page size is an operating system page size and might differ from the underlying hardware page size.
RETURN VALUES
The getpagesize() function returns the number of bytes in a page, and is always successful.
RELATED INFORMATION
Functions: brk(2), getrlimit(2), madvise(2), mmap(2), mprotect(2), msync(2), munmap(2) Routines: sysconf(3) Standards: standards(5) delim off getpagesize(2)
Related Man Pages
getpagesize(2) - linux
getpagesize(3c) - opensolaris
getpagesize(2) - suse
getpagesize(3c) - opendarwin
getpagesize(3c) - posix
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