uname(3) BSD Library Functions Manual uname(3)
NAME
uname -- get system identification
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/utsname.h>
int
uname(struct utsname *name);
DESCRIPTION
The uname() function stores nul-terminated strings of information identi-
fying the current system into the structure referenced by name.
The utsname structure is defined in the <sys/utsname.h> header file, and
contains the following members:
sysname Name of the operating system implementation.
nodename Network name of this machine.
release Release level of the operating system.
version Version level of the operating system.
machine Machine hardware platform.
RETURN VALUES
The uname() function returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise the
value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the
error.
ERRORS
The uname() function may fail and set errno for any of the errors speci-
fied for the library functions sysctl(3).
SEE ALSO
uname(1), sysctl(3)
STANDARDS
The uname() function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-1988 (``POSIX.1'').
HISTORY
The uname() function first appeared in 4.4BSD.
BSD January 4, 1994 BSD
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