uname()

NAME

uname() - get system identification

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/utsname.h>


int uname (struct utsname *name)

DESCRIPTION

The uname(2) function stores null-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(2) is successful, it returns 0; otherwise, it returns -1 and set errno to indicate the error.

ERRORS

The uname(2) function detects the following errors:

[EFAULT]

The name argument is an invalid address.