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.\" Copyright (c) 1994
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" @(#)uname.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 1/4/94
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.\"
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.Dd "January 4, 1994"
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.Dt UNAME 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm uname
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.Nd get system identification
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <sys/utsname.h>
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.Ft int
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.Fn uname "struct utsname *name"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn uname
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function stores nul-terminated strings of information identifying
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the current system into the structure referenced by
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.Fa name .
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.Pp
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The
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.Li utsname
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structure is defined in the
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.Li <sys/utsname.h>
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header file, and contains the following members:
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.Bl -tag -width nodenameXXXX -offset indent
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.It sysname
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Name of the operating system implementation.
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.It nodename
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Network name of this machine.
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.It release
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Release level of the operating system.
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.It version
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Version level of the operating system.
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.It machine
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Machine hardware platform.
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.El
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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If
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.Fn uname
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is successful, 0 is returned, otherwise, -1 is returned and
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.Va errno
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is set appropriately.
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.Sh ERRORS
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The
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.Fn uname
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function may fail and set
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.Va errno
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for any of the errors specified for the library functions
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.Xr sysctl 3 .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr uname 1 ,
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.Xr sysctl 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn uname
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function conforms to
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.St -p1003.1-88 .
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn uname
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function first appeared in 4.4BSD.
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