minix/man/man2/uname.2
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.TH UNAME 2
.SH NAME
uname \- get system info
.SH SYNOPSIS
.ft B
.nf
#include <sys/utsname.h>
int uname(struct utsname *name)
.fi
.ft P
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Uname()
fills a struct utsname with system information. This structure is described
in <sys/utsname.h> as follows:
.PP
.nf
.ta +4n +6n +25n
struct utsname {
char sysname[15+1]; /* System name */
char nodename[255+1]; /* Node/Network name */
char release[11+1]; /* O.S. release */
char version[7+1]; /* O.S. version */
char machine[11+1]; /* Machine hardware */
char arch[11+1]; /* Architecture */
};
.fi
.PP
The strings are always null terminated, and may be of a different length then
shown here. The first five are required by \s-2POSIX\s+2, the last is
Minix specific.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR uname (1).
.SH AUTHOR
Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)