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      sys/utsname.h - system name structure
      
      #include <sys/utsname.h>

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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.

RELATED

      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,  Stan-
      dard  for  Information  Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifica-
      tions 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 .


IEEE/The Open Group 2003 <sys/utsname.h>(P)

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