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35.Dd May 27, 1991
36.Dt MINCORE 2
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm mincore
40.Nd determine residency of memory pages
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
43.Fd #include <sys/mman.h>
44.Ft int
45.Fn mincore "caddr_t addr" "int len" "char *vec"
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Fn mincore
49system call allows a process to obtain information about whether pages
50are core resident.
51Here the current core residency of the pages is returned
52in the character array
53.Fa vec ,
54with a value of 1 meaning that the page is in-core.
55.Sh SEE ALSO
56.Xr madvise 2 ,
57.Xr mprotect 2 ,
58.Xr msync 2 ,
59.Xr munmap 2
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