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1.13    ! apb        32: .Dd June 14, 2014
1.1       cgd        33: .Dt UNAME 3
                     34: .Os
                     35: .Sh NAME
                     36: .Nm uname
                     37: .Nd get system identification
1.6       perry      38: .Sh LIBRARY
                     39: .Lb libc
1.1       cgd        40: .Sh SYNOPSIS
1.9       wiz        41: .In sys/utsname.h
1.1       cgd        42: .Ft int
                     43: .Fn uname "struct utsname *name"
                     44: .Sh DESCRIPTION
                     45: The
                     46: .Fn uname
                     47: function stores nul-terminated strings of information identifying
                     48: the current system into the structure referenced by
                     49: .Fa name .
                     50: .Pp
                     51: The
1.12      jruoho     52: .Em utsname
1.1       cgd        53: structure is defined in the
1.11      jruoho     54: .In sys/utsname.h
1.1       cgd        55: header file, and contains the following members:
                     56: .Bl -tag -width nodenameXXXX -offset indent
1.11      jruoho     57: .It Va sysname
1.1       cgd        58: Name of the operating system implementation.
1.13    ! apb        59: Equivalent to the
        !            60: .Xr sysctl 7
        !            61: .Va kern.ostype
        !            62: variable.
1.11      jruoho     63: .It Va nodename
1.1       cgd        64: Network name of this machine.
1.13    ! apb        65: Equivalent to the
        !            66: .Xr sysctl 7
        !            67: .Va kern.hostname
        !            68: variable.
1.11      jruoho     69: .It Va release
1.1       cgd        70: Release level of the operating system.
1.13    ! apb        71: Equivalent to the
        !            72: .Xr sysctl 7
        !            73: .Va kern.osrelease
        !            74: variable.
1.11      jruoho     75: .It Va version
1.1       cgd        76: Version level of the operating system.
1.13    ! apb        77: Equivalent to the
        !            78: .Xr sysctl 7
        !            79: .Va kern.version
        !            80: variable, except that very long values are truncated,
        !            81: and newlines are converted to spaces.
1.11      jruoho     82: .It Va machine
1.1       cgd        83: Machine hardware platform.
1.13    ! apb        84: Equivalent to the
        !            85: .Xr sysctl 7
        !            86: .Va hw.machine
        !            87: variable.
1.1       cgd        88: .El
                     89: .Sh RETURN VALUES
                     90: If
                     91: .Nm uname
1.8       wiz        92: is successful, 0 is returned, otherwise, \-1 is returned and
1.1       cgd        93: .Va errno
                     94: is set appropriately.
                     95: .Sh ERRORS
                     96: The
                     97: .Fn uname
                     98: function may fail and set
                     99: .Va errno
                    100: for any of the errors specified for the library functions
                    101: .Xr sysctl 3 .
                    102: .Sh SEE ALSO
                    103: .Xr uname 1 ,
                    104: .Xr sysctl 3
                    105: .Sh STANDARDS
                    106: The
                    107: .Fn uname
                    108: function conforms to
1.4       kleink    109: .St -p1003.1-90 .
1.1       cgd       110: .Sh HISTORY
                    111: The
                    112: .Nm uname
1.5       perry     113: function first appeared in
                    114: .Bx 4.4 .