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GNU_GET_LIBC_VERSION(3) Linux Programmer's Manual GNU_GET_LIBC_VERSION(3) NAME
gnu_get_libc_version, gnu_get_libc_release - get glibc version and release SYNOPSIS
#include <gnu/libc-version.h> const char *gnu_get_libc_version(void); const char *gnu_get_libc_release(void); DESCRIPTION
The function gnu_get_libc_version() returns a string that identifies the glibc version available on the system. The function gnu_get_libc_release() returns a string indicates the release status of the glibc version available on the system. This will be a string such as stable. VERSIONS
These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1. CONFORMING TO
These functions are glibc-specific. EXAMPLE
When run, the program below will produce output such as the following: $ ./a.out GNU libc version: 2.8 GNU libc release: stable Program source #include <gnu/libc-version.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <stdio.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { printf("GNU libc version: %s ", gnu_get_libc_version()); printf("GNU libc release: %s ", gnu_get_libc_release()); exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); } SEE ALSO
confstr(3) COLOPHON
This page is part of release 3.53 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/. Linux 2012-08-26 GNU_GET_LIBC_VERSION(3)