uname(2)                            CLIX                            uname(2)



  NAME

    uname - Gets the name of the current system

  LIBRARY

    Standard C Library (libc.a)

  SYNOPSIS

    #include <sys/utsname.h>

    int uname(
      struct utsname *name );

  PARAMETERS

    name   Points to the utsname structure.

  DESCRIPTION

    The uname() function stores information identifying the current system in
    the structure pointed to by the name parameter.

    The uname() function uses the utsname structure, which is defined in the
    <sys/utsname.h> file and contains the following members:

    char sysname[9];
    char nodename[9];
    char release[9];
    char version[9];
    char machine[9];

    The uname() function returns a null-terminated character string naming the
    current UNIX system in the sysname character array.  The nodename array
    contains the name that the system is known by on a communications network.
    The release and version arrays further identify the operating system.  The
    machine array identifies the CPU hardware being used.

  EXAMPLES

    To fetch and display the name of the currently running system:

    struct utsname unix_info;
    if (uname(&unix_info) == -1) {
            perror("uname failed");
            return(-1);
    }
    printf("UNIX system name is %s\n", &unix_info.sysname[0]);





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  uname(2)                            CLIX                            uname(2)



  RETURN VALUES

    Upon successful completion, a non-negative value is returned.  If uname()
    fails, -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the
    error.

  ERRORS

    The uname() function fails if the following is true:

    [EFAULT]   The name parameter points outside of the process address space.

  RELATED INFORMATION

    Commands:  uname(1)







































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