UNAME(2) System Calls UNAME(2)

NAME

uname - get name of current operating system

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/utsname.h>

int uname(struct utsname *name);

DESCRIPTION

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


The uname() function uses the utsname structure, defined in
<sys/utsname.h>, whose members include:

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


The uname() function returns a null-terminated character string naming
the current operating system in the character array sysname. Similarly,
the nodename member contains the name by which the system is known on a
communications network. The release and version members further identify
the operating system. The machine member contains a standard name that
identifies the hardware on which the operating system is running.

RETURN VALUES

Upon successful completion, a non-negative value is returned. Otherwise,
-1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

The uname() function will fail if:

EFAULT
The name argument points to an illegal address.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


+--------------------+-------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-------------------+
|Interface Stability | Standard |
+--------------------+-------------------+
|MT-Level | Async-Signal-Safe |
+--------------------+-------------------+

SEE ALSO

uname(1), sysinfo(2), sysconf(3C), attributes(7), standards(7)

July 21, 1999 UNAME(2)