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32.\" @(#)uname.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 1/4/94
33.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/gen/uname.3,v 1.10 2001/10/01 16:08:51 ru Exp $
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35.Dd January 4, 1994
36.Dt UNAME 3
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm uname
40.Nd get system identification
41.Sh LIBRARY
42.Lb libc
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.In sys/utsname.h
45.Ft int
46.Fn uname "struct utsname *name"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Fn uname
50function stores nul-terminated strings of information identifying
51the current system into the structure referenced by
52.Fa name .
53.Pp
54The
55.Vt utsname
56structure is defined in the
57.Aq Pa sys/utsname.h
58header file, and contains the following members:
59.Bl -tag -width nodenameXXXX -offset indent
60.It sysname
61Name of the operating system implementation.
62.It nodename
63Network name of this machine.
64.It release
65Release level of the operating system.
66.It version
67Version level of the operating system.
68.It machine
69Machine hardware platform.
70.El
71.Sh RETURN VALUES
72.Rv -std uname
73.Sh ERRORS
74The
75.Fn uname
76function may fail and set
77.Va errno
78for any of the errors specified for the library functions
79.Xr sysctl 3 .
80.Sh SEE ALSO
81.Xr uname 1 ,
82.Xr sysctl 3
83.Sh STANDARDS
84The
85.Fn uname
86function conforms to
87.St -p1003.1-88 .
88.Sh HISTORY
89The
90.Fn uname
91function first appeared in
92.Bx 4.4 .