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32.\"	@(#)uname.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 1/4/94
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34.Dd "January 4, 1994"
35.Dt UNAME 3
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm uname
39.Nd get system identification
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Fd #include <sys/utsname.h>
42.Ft int
43.Fn uname "struct utsname *name"
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45The
46.Fn uname
47function stores nul-terminated strings of information identifying
48the current system into the structure referenced by
49.Fa name .
50.Pp
51The
52.Li utsname
53structure is defined in the
54.Li <sys/utsname.h>
55header file, and contains the following members:
56.Bl -tag -width nodenameXXXX -offset indent
57.It sysname
58Name of the operating system implementation.
59.It nodename
60Network name of this machine.
61.It release
62Release level of the operating system.
63.It version
64Version level of the operating system.
65.It machine
66Machine hardware platform.
67.El
68.Sh RETURN VALUES
69If
70.Fn uname
71is successful, 0 is returned, otherwise, -1 is returned and
72.Va errno
73is set appropriately.
74.Sh ERRORS
75The
76.Fn uname
77function may fail and set
78.Va errno
79for any of the errors specified for the library functions
80.Xr sysctl 3 .
81.Sh SEE ALSO
82.Xr uname 1 ,
83.Xr sysctl 3
84.Sh STANDARDS
85The
86.Fn uname
87function conforms to
88.St -p1003.1-88 .
89.Sh HISTORY
90The
91.Fn uname
92function first appeared in
93.Bx 4.4 .
94