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.Dt END 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm end ,
.Nm etext ,
.Nm edata
.Nd end boundaries of image segments
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Vt extern end;
.Vt extern etext;
.Vt extern edata;
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The global variables
.Va end , extext
and
.Va edata
correspond to the
the next address following the end
of the text segment,
the initialized data segment and the
end of the data segment
.Pq Tn BSS .
These values are initially set at execution time
by
.Xr brk 2 .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr brk 2 ,
.Xr malloc 3
.Sh HISTORY
A
.Nm end
manual appeared in
.At v6 .