utsname.h

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<sys/utsname.h>(P)					   <sys/utsname.h>(P)



NAME
       sys/utsname.h - system name structure

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/utsname.h>

DESCRIPTION
       The  <sys/utsname.h>  header  shall define the structure utsname which
       shall include at least the following members:


	      char  sysname[]  Name of this implementation of the operating system.
	      char  nodename[] Name of this node within an implementation-defined
			       communications network.
	      char  release[]  Current release level of this implementation.
	      char  version[]  Current version level of this release.
	      char  machine[]  Name of the hardware type on which the system is running.

       The character arrays are of unspecified size, but the data  stored  in
       them shall be terminated by a null byte.

       The  following shall be declared as a function and may also be defined
       as a macro:


	      int uname(struct utsname *);

       The following sections are informative.

APPLICATION USAGE
       None.

RATIONALE
       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.

SEE ALSO
       The System Interfaces volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, uname()

COPYRIGHT
       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic	 form
       from  IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technol-
       ogy -- Portable Operating System Interface  (POSIX),  The  Open	Group
       Base  Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute
       of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The  Open  Group.  In
       the  event  of  any  discrepancy between this version and the original
       IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group
       Standard	 is  the  referee  document.  The  original  Standard  can be
       obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .



POSIX				     2003		   <sys/utsname.h>(P)