Standard C Library Functions                              end(3C)



NAME
     end, end, etext, etext, edata, edata - last locations  in
     program

SYNOPSIS
     extern int etext;


     extern int edata;


     extern int end;


DESCRIPTION
     These names refer neither to routines nor to locations  with
     interesting contents; only their addresses are meaningful.

     etext    The address of etext is the first location  after
               the last read-only loadable segment.


     edata    The address of edata is the first location  after
               the last read-write loadable segement.


     end      If the address  of  edata  is  greater  than  the
               address  of etext, the address of end is same as
               the address of edata.

               If the address  of  etext  is  greater  than  the
               address  of  edata, the address of end is set to
               the page boundary after the address pointed to  by
               etext.


USAGE
     When execution begins, the program break (the first location
     beyond  the data) coincides with end, but the program break
     can be reset by the brk(2),  malloc(3C),  and  the  standard
     input/output  library (see stdio(3C)), functions by the pro-
     file (-p) option of  cc(1B), and so on.  Thus,  the  current
     value  of  the  program  break  should be determined by sbrk
     ((char *)0).


     References to end, etext, and  edata,  without  a  preceding
     underscore  will  be  aliased  to the associated symbol that
     begins with the underscore.

SEE ALSO




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Standard C Library Functions                              end(3C)



     cc(1B), brk(2), malloc(3C), stdio(3C)






















































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