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1.1     ! root        1: .pa 1
        !             2: .he 'BREAK (II)'3/15/72'BREAK (II)'
        !             3: .ti 0
        !             4: NAME           break  --  set program break
        !             5: .sp
        !             6: .ti 0
        !             7: SYNOPSIS       sys break; addr  / break = 17.
        !             8: .sp
        !             9: .ti 0
        !            10: DESCRIPTION    break_____
        !            11: sets the system's idea of the highest location used by the program
        !            12: to addr____.  Locations greater than addr____ and below the stack pointer
        !            13: are not swapped and are thus liable to unexpected modification.
        !            14: .sp
        !            15: An argument of 0 is taken to mean 16K bytes.
        !            16: If the argument is higher than the stack pointer the
        !            17: entire user core area is swapped.
        !            18: .sp
        !            19: When a program begins execution via exec____
        !            20: the break is set at the
        !            21: highest location defined by the program
        !            22: and data storage areas.
        !            23: Ordinarily, therefore, only programs with growing
        !            24: data areas need to use break_____.
        !            25: .sp
        !            26: .ti 0
        !            27: SEE ALSO       exec(II)
        !            28: .sp
        !            29: .ti 0
        !            30: DIAGNOSTICS    none; strange addresses cause the break to be
        !            31: set at 16K bytes.
        !            32: .sp
        !            33: .ti 0
        !            34: BUGS           --

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