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1.1     ! root        1: .TH END 3
        !             2: .CT 2 mem_man
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: end, etext, edata \(mi last locations in program
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .nf
        !             7: .B extern end;
        !             8: .B extern etext;
        !             9: .B extern edata;
        !            10: .fi
        !            11: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            12: These names refer neither to routines
        !            13: nor to locations with interesting contents.
        !            14: The address of
        !            15: .I etext
        !            16: is the first address above the program text,
        !            17: .I edata
        !            18: above the initialized data region, and
        !            19: .I end
        !            20: above the uninitialized data region.
        !            21: .PP
        !            22: When execution begins, the program break
        !            23: coincides with
        !            24: .I end,
        !            25: but it is reset by
        !            26: the routines
        !            27: .IR brk (2),
        !            28: .IR malloc (3),
        !            29: standard input/output
        !            30: .RI ( stdio (3)),
        !            31: the profile
        !            32: .RB ( -p )
        !            33: option of
        !            34: .IR cc (1),
        !            35: etc.
        !            36: The current value of the program break
        !            37: is reliably returned by
        !            38: .BR sbrk(0) ;
        !            39: see
        !            40: .IR brk (2).
        !            41: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            42: .IR brk (2), 
        !            43: .IR malloc (3),
        !            44: .IR stdio (3),
        !            45: .IR cc (1)

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