NAME

end, etext, edata − last locations in program

SYNOPSIS

extern end;
extern etext;
extern edata;

DESCRIPTION

These names refer neither to routines nor to locations with interesting contents.  The address of etext is the first address above the program text, edata above the initialized data region, and end above the uninitialized data region. 

When execution begins, the program break (the first location beyond the data) coincides with end, but the program break may be reset by the routines of brk(2), malloc(3C), standard input/output (stdio(3S)), the profile (−p) option of cc(1), and so on. Thus, the current value of the program break should be determined by sbrk(0) (see brk(2)).

WARNINGS

In C, these names must look like addresses.  Thus, you would write &end instead of end to access the current value of end. 

SEE ALSO

cc(1), brk(2), malloc(3C), stdio(3S). 

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