UNAME(3)						   BSD 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:

	   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.

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								  March 30, 2011							       BSD