NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     getpagesize - get system page size

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <unistd.h>

     int
     getpagesize(void);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     This interface is obsoleted by sysconf(3).

     getpagesize() returns the number of bytes in a page.  Page granularity is
     the granularity of many of the memory management calls.

     The page size is a system page size and may not be the same as the underlying
 hardware page size.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     pagesize(1), sbrk(2), sysconf(3)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The getpagesize function call appeared in 4.2BSD.

BSD                              June 4, 1993                              BSD