UNAME

NAME

uname - get name and information about current kernel

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/utsname.h>

int uname(struct utsname *buf);  

DESCRIPTION

uname returns system information in buf. The utsname struct is as defined in <sys/utsname.h>:
struct utsname {
char sysname[SYS_NMLN];
char nodename[SYS_NMLN];
char release[SYS_NMLN];
char version[SYS_NMLN];
char machine[SYS_NMLN];
char domainname[SYS_NMLN];
};
 

RETURN VALUE

On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.  

ERRORS

EFAULT
buf is not valid.
 

CONFORMING TO

SVr4, SVID, POSIX, X/OPEN  

SEE ALSO

uname(1), getdomainname(2), gethostname(2)