From 0fd1522dd52ef12cf6a9681f4456aa4a95b198b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gdr-ftp Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 22:40:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] - added uname(3) man page --- usr.man/man3/uname.3 | 98 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 98 insertions(+) create mode 100644 usr.man/man3/uname.3 diff --git a/usr.man/man3/uname.3 b/usr.man/man3/uname.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..adfbf5f --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.man/man3/uname.3 @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1994 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)uname.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 1/4/94 +.\" +.\" Modified for GNO (Apple IIgs) by Steve Reeves and Devin Reade's bsd2man +.\" +.\" $Id: uname.3,v 1.1 1998/02/16 22:40:15 gdr-ftp Exp $ +.\" +.TH UNAME 3 "January 22, 1998" GNO "Library Routines" +.SH NAME +.B uname +\- get system identification +.SH SYNOPSIS +#include +.sp 1 +int +.B uname +.RI "(struct utsname *" name ); +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.BR uname () +function stores null-terminated strings of information identifying +the current system into the structure referenced by +.IR name . +.LP +The +.B utsname +structure is defined in the +.B +header file, and contains the following members: +.RS +.IP \fBsysname\fR +Name of the operating system implementation. +.IP \fBnodename\fR +Network name of this machine. +.IP \fBrelease\fR +Release level of the operating system. +.IP \fBversion\fR +Version level of the operating system. +.IP \fBmachine\fR +Machine hardware platform. +.RE +.SH "RETURN VALUES" +If +.BR uname () +is successful, 0 is returned, otherwise, -1 is returned and +.I errno +is set appropriately. +.SH CAVEATS +The inclusion of the +.B nodename +member in the +.B utsname +structure does not imply that it is sufficient information +for interfacing to communications networks. +.SH STANDARDS +The +.BR uname () +function conforms to +.SM IEEE +Std1003.1-1988 (``POSIX''). +.SH HISTORY +The +.BR uname () +function first appeared in +4.4BSD. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR uname (1), +.BR gethostname (3)