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UNAME(3) |
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 identifying 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:
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sysname
-
Name of the operating system implementation.
-
nodename
-
Network name of this machine.
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release
-
Release level of the operating system.
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version
-
Version level of the operating system.
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machine
-
Machine hardware platform.
RETURN VALUES
If uname is successful, 0 is returned, otherwise, -1 is returned and errno is set appropriately.
ERRORS
The
uname() function may fail and set
errno for any of the errors specified for the library functions
sysctl(3).
STANDARDS
The uname() function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-1990 (“POSIX.1”).
HISTORY
The uname function first appeared in 4.4BSD.