END(3) END(3) NAME end, etext, edata - last locations in program SYNOPSIS extern end; extern etext; extern edata; DESCRIPTION These names refer neither to routines nor to locations with interesting contents. The address of etext is the first address above the program text, edata above the initialized data region, and end above the unini‐ tialized data region. When execution begins, the program break coincides with end, but it is reset by the routines brk(2), malloc(3), standard input/output (stdio(3S)), the profile (-p) option of cc(1), etc. The current value of the program break is reliably returned by ‘sbrk(0)’, see brk(2). SEE ALSO brk(2), malloc(3) 7th Edition May 12, 1986 END(3)