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UNAME(2) Linux Programmer's Manual UNAME(2)

NAME

     uname - get name and information about current kernel

SYNOPSIS

     #include <sys/utsname.h>
     int uname(struct utsname *buf);

DESCRIPTION

     uname()  returns system information in the structure pointed to by buf.
     The utsname struct is defined in <sys/utsname.h>:
         struct utsname {
             char sysname[];    /* Operating system name (e.g., "Linux") */
             char nodename[];   /* Name within "some implementation-defined
                                   network" */
             char release[];    /* Operating system release (e.g., "2.6.28")
         */
             char version[];    /* Operating system version */
             char machine[];    /* Hardware identifier */ #ifdef _GNU_SOURCE
             char domainname[]; /* NIS or YP domain name */ #endif };
     The length of the arrays  in  a  struct  utsname  is  unspecified  (see
     NOTES); the fields are terminated by a null byte ('\0').

RETURN VALUE

     On  success,  zero is returned.  On error, -1 is returned, and errno is
     set appropriately.

ERRORS

     EFAULT buf is not valid.

CONFORMING TO

     POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, SVr4.  There is no uname() call in  4.3BSD.
     The domainname member (the NIS or YP domain name) is a GNU extension.

NOTES

     This  is  a  system call, and the operating system presumably knows its
     name, release and version.  It also knows what  hardware  it  runs  on.
     So,  four  of  the  fields  of the struct are meaningful.  On the other
     hand, the field nodename is meaningless:  it  gives  the  name  of  the
     present  machine  in some undefined network, but typically machines are
     in more than one network and have several names.  Moreover, the  kernel
     has  no  way of knowing about such things, so it has to be told what to
     answer here.  The same holds for the additional domainname field.
     To this end, Linux uses the system calls sethostname(2) and  setdomain-
     name(2).   Note  that  there is no standard that says that the hostname
     set by sethostname(2) is the same string as the nodename field  of  the
     struct returned by uname() (indeed, some systems allow a 256-byte host-
     name and an 8-byte nodename), but this is  true  on  Linux.   The  same
     holds for setdomainname(2) and the domainname field.
     The  length of the fields in the struct varies.  Some operating systems
     or libraries use a hardcoded 9 or 33 or 65 or 257.  Other  systems  use
     SYS_NMLN  or  _SYS_NMLN or UTSLEN or _UTSNAME_LENGTH.  Clearly, it is a
     bad idea to use any of these constants; just  use  sizeof(...).   Often
     257 is chosen in order to have room for an internet hostname.
     Part  of  the utsname information is also accessible via /proc/sys/ker-
     nel/{ostype, hostname, osrelease, version, domainname}.
 C library/kernel differences
     Over time, increases in the size of the utsname structure have  led  to
     three    successive   versions   of   uname():   sys_olduname()   (slot
     __NR_oldolduname), sys_uname() (slot __NR_olduname), and sys_newuname()
     (slot  __NR_uname).   The  first  one used length 9 for all fields; the
     second used 65; the third also uses 65 but adds the  domainname  field.
     The  glibc  uname()  wrapper function hides these details from applica-
     tions, invoking the most recent version of the system call provided  by
     the kernel.

SEE ALSO

     uname(1), getdomainname(2), gethostname(2), namespaces(7)

COLOPHON

     This  page  is  part of release 4.16 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
     description of the project, information about reporting bugs,  and  the
     latest     version     of     this    page,    can    be    found    at
     https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

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