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I prepare to install linux distros , freebsd and solaris(totally 6 OS) in a 40G harddisk, but I fail to do it, so I would like to ask some question here.
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GETOSRELDATE(3) BSD Library Functions Manual GETOSRELDATE(3)NAME
getosreldate -- get the value of __FreeBSD_version
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
int
getosreldate(void);
DESCRIPTION
The getosreldate() function returns an integer showing the version of the currently running FreeBSD kernel. Definitions of the values can be
found in The Porter's Handbook which is usually installed at /usr/share/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, getosreldate() returns the value requested; otherwise the value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is
set to indicate the error.
ENVIRONMENT
OSVERSION If the environment variable OSVERSION is set, it will override the getosreldate() return value.
EXAMPLES
An example can be found in /usr/share/examples/FreeBSD_version.
ERRORS
The getosreldate() function may fail and set errno for any of the errors specified for the library function sysctl(3).
SEE ALSO
The Porter's Handbook, /usr/share/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/.
HISTORY
The getosreldate() function appeared in FreeBSD 2.0.
BSD September 30, 2008 BSD