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36 .Nd get system identification
42 .Fn uname "struct utsname *name"
46 function stores nul-terminated strings of information identifying
47 the current system into the structure referenced by
52 structure is defined in the
54 header file, and contains the following members:
55 .Bl -tag -width nodenameXXXX -offset indent
57 Name of the operating system implementation.
59 Network name of this machine.
61 Release level of the operating system.
63 Version level of the operating system.
65 Machine hardware platform.
70 .Bl -tag -width ".Ev UNAME_s"
72 If the environment or varsym variable
74 is set, it will override the
78 If the environment or varsym variable
80 is set, it will override the
84 If the environment or varsym variable
86 is set, it will override the
90 If the environment or varsym variable
92 is set, it will override the
97 Environment variables have priority over varsym variables.
101 function may fail and set
103 for any of the errors specified for the library functions
117 function first appeared in