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GETPAGESIZE (2)

get system page size

SYNOPSIS

    #include <unistd.h> size_t getpagesize(void);

DESCRIPTION

    Return the number of bytes in a page. This is the system's page size, which is not necessarily the same as the hardware page size.

NOTES

    getpagesize is implemented as a library function in DLL 4.4.1. Depending on what is defined when the library is compiled, this function returns EXEC_PAGESIZE (set to 4096 in Linux 0.99.11), NBPG (set to 4096 in Linux 0.99.11), or NBPC (not defined in Linux 0.99.11 or DLL 4.4.1 libraries).

CONFORMING TO

    SVr4, 4.4BSD (this call first appeared in 4.2BSD).

SEE ALSO

    sbrk(2)