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8.Dd
9.Dt GETPAGESIZE 3
10.Os BSD 4.2
11.Sh NAME
12.Nm getpagesize
13.Nd get system page size
14.Sh SYNOPSIS
15.Fd #include <unistd.h>
16.Ft int
17.Fn getpagesize void
18.Sh DESCRIPTION
19.Fn Getpagesize
20returns the number of bytes in a page.
21Page granularity is the granularity of many of the memory
22management calls.
23.Pp
24The page size is a
25.Xr system
26page size and may not be the same as the underlying
27hardware page size.
28.Sh SEE ALSO
29.Xr sbrk 2 ,
30.Xr pagesize 1
31.Sh HISTORY
32The
33.Nm
34function call appeared in
35.Bx 4.2 .
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