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diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/uname.3 b/lib/libc/gen/uname.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a906e79 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/gen/uname.3 @@ -0,0 +1,117 @@ +.\" 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. +.\" 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 +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd December 2, 2005 +.Dt UNAME 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm uname +.Nd get system identification +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In sys/utsname.h +.Ft int +.Fn uname "struct utsname *name" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn uname +function stores +.Dv NUL Ns -terminated +strings of information identifying +the current system into the structure referenced by +.Fa name . +.Pp +The +.Vt utsname +structure is defined in the +.In sys/utsname.h +header file, and contains the following members: +.Bl -tag -width nodenameXXXX -offset indent +.It sysname +Name of the operating system implementation. +.It nodename +Network name of this machine. +.It release +Release level of the operating system. +.It version +Version level of the operating system. +.It machine +Machine hardware platform. +.El +.Sh RETURN VALUES +.Rv -std uname +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +.Bl -tag -width ".Ev UNAME_s" +.It Ev UNAME_s +If the environment variable +.Ev UNAME_s +is set, it will override the +.Va sysname +member. +.It Ev UNAME_r +If the environment variable +.Ev UNAME_r +is set, it will override the +.Va release +member. +.It Ev UNAME_v +If the environment variable +.Ev UNAME_v +is set, it will override the +.Va version +member. +.It Ev UNAME_m +If the environment variable +.Ev UNAME_m +is set, it will override the +.Va machine +member. +.El +.Sh ERRORS +The +.Fn uname +function may fail and set +.Va errno +for any of the errors specified for the library functions +.Xr sysctl 3 . +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr uname 1 , +.Xr sysctl 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn uname +function conforms to +.St -p1003.1-88 . +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Fn uname +function first appeared in +.Bx 4.4 . |