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GETPAGESIZE(3) Library Functions Manual GETPAGESIZE(3)

getpagesizeget system page size

#include <unistd.h>

int
getpagesize(void);

The () function 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.

pagesize(1)

The getpagesize() function call appeared in 4.1cBSD.

April 12, 2026 Linux 7.1.13-200.fc44.x86_64

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