bsd man page for end

Query: end

OS: bsd

Section: 3

Format: Original Unix Latex Style Formatted with HTML and a Horizontal Scroll Bar

END(3)							     Library Functions Manual							    END(3)

NAME
end, etext, edata - last locations in program
SYNOPSIS
extern end; extern etext; extern edata;
DESCRIPTION
These names refer neither to routines nor to locations with interesting contents. The address of etext is the first address above the pro- gram text, edata above the initialized data region, and end above the uninitialized data region. When execution begins, the program break coincides with end, but it is reset by the routines brk(2), malloc(3), standard input/output (stdio(3S)), the profile (-p) option of cc(1), etc. The current value of the program break is reliably returned by `sbrk(0)', see brk(2).
SEE ALSO
brk(2), malloc(3) 7th Edition May 12, 1986 END(3)
Related Man Pages
end(3) - linux
edata(3) - linux
etext(3) - linux
end(3c) - sunos
edata(3c) - sunos
Similar Topics in the Unix Linux Community
Automated FTP task
sendmail : 550 host unknown
The Forum Hierarchy
How many hours do you spend at unix.com a week ?
deleting the part of the file(overwrite) using start and end point