NAME
uname
- get system identification
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
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:
- 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
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).
SEE ALSO
uname(1),
sysctl(3)
STANDARDS
The
uname()
function conforms to
ISO/IEC 9945-1:1990 (``POSIX.1'') .
HISTORY
The
uname
function first appeared in
4.4BSD.