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33.Dd April 19, 1991
34.Dt END 3
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm end ,
38.Nm etext ,
39.Nm edata
40.Nd end boundaries of image segments
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Vt extern end;
43.Vt extern etext;
44.Vt extern edata;
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The global variables
47.Va end , extext
48and
49.Va edata
50correspond to the
51the next address following the end
52of the text segment,
53the initialized data segment and the
54end of the data segment
55.Pq Tn BSS .
56These values are initially set at execution time
57by
58.Xr brk 2 .
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