NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     uname - get system identification

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <sys/utsname.h>

     int
     uname(struct utsname *name);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     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    [Toc]    [Back]

     If uname is successful, 0 is returned, otherwise, -1 is returned and
     errno is set appropriately.

ERRORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The uname() function may fail and set errno for any of the errors specified
 for the library functions sysctl(3).

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     uname(1), sysctl(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The uname() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1990 (``POSIX.1'').

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The uname function first appeared in 4.4BSD.

BSD                             January 4, 1994                            BSD