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36.Dd January 24, 1994
37.Dt END 3
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm end ,
41.Nm etext ,
42.Nm edata
43.Nd end boundaries of image segments
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Vt extern end;
46.Vt extern etext;
47.Vt extern edata;
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The global variables
50.Va end , etext
51and
52.Va edata
53correspond to the
54the next address following
55the end of the text segment,
56the end of initialized data segment and
57the end of the data segment
58.Pq Tn BSS .
59.Sh SEE ALSO
60.Xr brk 2 ,
61.Xr malloc 3
62.Sh HISTORY
63A
64.Nm end
65manual appeared in
66.At v6 .
67