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uname(3)

NAME

     uname -- get system identification

LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <sys/utsname.h>

     int
     uname(struct utsname *name);

DESCRIPTION

     The uname() function stores NUL-terminated strings of information identi-
     fying the current system into the structure referenced by name.

     The utsname structure is defined in the <sys/utsname.h> header file, and
     contains the following members:

	   sysname	 Name of the operating system implementation.

	   nodename	 Network name of this machine.

	   release	 Release level of the operating system.

	   version	 Version level of the operating system.

	   machine	 Machine hardware platform.

RETURN VALUES

     The uname() function returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise the
     value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the
     error.

ERRORS

     The uname() function may fail and set errno for any of the errors speci-
     fied for the library functions sysctl(3).

SEE ALSO

     uname(1), sysctl(3)

STANDARDS

     The uname() function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-1988 (``POSIX.1'').

HISTORY

     The uname() function first appeared in 4.4BSD.

FreeBSD 5.4			January 4, 1994 		   FreeBSD 5.4

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