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34.Dd January 24, 1994
35.Dt END 3
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm end ,
39.Nm etext ,
40.Nm edata
41.Nd end boundaries of image segments
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Vt extern end;
44.Vt extern etext;
45.Vt extern edata;
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The global variables
48.Va end , extext
49and
50.Va edata
51correspond to the
52the next address following the end
53of the text segment,
54the initialized data segment and the
55end of the data segment
56.Pq Tn BSS .
57These values are initially set at execution time
58by
59.Xr brk 2 .
60.Sh SEE ALSO
61.Xr brk 2 ,
62.Xr malloc 3
63.Sh HISTORY
64A
65.Nm end
66manual appeared in
67.At v6 .
68