GETPAGESIZE(3)

GETPAGESIZE(3) | NetBSD Library Functions Manual | GETPAGESIZE(3)

# NAME

getpagesize — get system page size

# LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

# SYNOPSIS

#include <unistd.h>

int
getpagesize(void);

# DESCRIPTION

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

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

# HISTORY

The getpagesize function call appeared in 4.2BSD.

June 4, 1993 | NetBSD 5.99