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]

     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    [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 IEEE Std 1003.1-1988 (``POSIX.1'').

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The uname() function first appeared in 4.4BSD.


FreeBSD 5.2.1			January 4, 1994 		 FreeBSD 5.2.1