gen/uname.3

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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
  48 The
  49 .Fn uname
  50 function stores nul-terminated strings of information identifying
  51 the current system into the structure referenced by
  52 .Fa name .
  53 .Pp
  54 The
  55 .Vt utsname
  56 structure is defined in the
  57 .Aq Pa sys/utsname.h
  58 header file, and contains the following members:
  59 .Bl -tag -width nodenameXXXX -offset indent
  60 .It sysname
  61 Name of the operating system implementation.
  62 .It nodename
  63 Network name of this machine.
  64 .It release
  65 Release level of the operating system.
  66 .It version
  67 Version level of the operating system.
  68 .It machine
  69 Machine hardware platform.
  70 .El
  71 .Sh RETURN VALUES
  72 .Rv -std uname
  73 .Sh ERRORS
  74 The
  75 .Fn uname
  76 function may fail and set
  77 .Va errno
  78 for 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
  84 The
  85 .Fn uname
  86 function conforms to
  87 .St -p1003.1-88 .
  88 .Sh HISTORY
  89 The
  90 .Fn uname
  91 function first appeared in
  92 .Bx 4.4 .