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+.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
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+.\"
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+.\" @(#)getpagesize.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd June 4, 1993
+.Dt GETPAGESIZE 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm getpagesize
+.Nd get system page size
+.Sh LIBRARY
+.Lb libc
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In unistd.h
+.Ft int
+.Fn getpagesize void
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn getpagesize
+function
+returns the number of bytes in a page.
+Page granularity is the granularity of many of the memory
+management calls.
+.Pp
+The page size is a system
+page size and may not be the same as the underlying
+hardware page size.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr pagesize 1 ,
+.Xr sbrk 2
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn getpagesize
+function appeared in
+.Bx 4.2 .
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