getpagesize(2)                                               getpagesize(2)




 NAME    [Toc]    [Back]
      getpagesize - get the current page size

 SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]
      #include <unistd.h>

      int getpagesize(void);

 DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]
      The getpagesize() function returns the current page size.

      The getpagesize() function is equivalent to sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE) and
      sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE).

 RETURN VALUE    [Toc]    [Back]
      The getpagesize() function returns the current page size.

 ERRORS    [Toc]    [Back]
      No errors are defined.

 APPLICATION USAGE    [Toc]    [Back]
      The value returned by getpagesize() need not be the minimum value that
      malloc() can allocate. Moreover, the application cannot assume that an
      object of this size can be allocated with malloc().

 SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]
      brk(2), getrlimit(2), mmap(2), mprotect(2), munmap(2), msync(2),
      sysconf(2), <unistd.h>.

 CHANGE HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]
      First released in Issue 4, Version 2.


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