NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       uname - get name and information about current kernel

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       #include <sys/utsname.h>

       int uname(struct utsname *buf);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       uname  returns  system  information in the structure pointed to by buf.
       The utsname struct is as defined in <sys/utsname.h>:
	  struct utsname {
		      char sysname[SYS_NMLN];
		      char nodename[SYS_NMLN];
		      char release[SYS_NMLN];
		      char version[SYS_NMLN];
		      char machine[SYS_NMLN];
	  #ifdef _GNU_SOURCE
		      char domainname[SYS_NMLN];
	  #endif
	  };

RETURN VALUE    [Toc]    [Back]

       On success, zero is returned.  On error, -1 is returned, and  errno  is
       set appropriately.

ERRORS    [Toc]    [Back]

       EFAULT buf is not valid.

CONFORMING TO    [Toc]    [Back]

       SVr4, SVID, POSIX, X/OPEN

       The domainname member is a GNU extension.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       uname(1), getdomainname(2), gethostname(2)



Linux 0.99.11			  1993-07-24			      UNAME(2)