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Red Hat Documentation: man pages: man2: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)

Manpage of GETPAGESIZE

GETPAGESIZE

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)
Updated: 23 July 2025
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NAME

getpagesize - 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


 

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Time: 11:56:05 GMT, March 24, 2025

 

 
 
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