utsname.h File Reference

 sysname Name of the operating system implementation.
 nodename Network name of this machine.
 release Release level of the operating system.
 version Version level of the operating system.
 machine Machine hardware platform.

The uname function stores NULL -terminated strings of information identifying the current system into the structure referenced by name .

Examples:

#include <sys/utsname.h>
#include<stdio.h>
int test_uname()
{
    int retVal;
    struct utsname name ;
    retVal = uname( &name; );
    if( !retVal )       
    {
      printf("Sysname: %s
 Nodename:%s
 Release:
      %s
Version: %s
Machine:%s
");
      printf("uname passed");
      return 0;
    }
    else
    {
      printf("failed");
      return -1;
    }
}

Output

Sysname: Symbian
Nodename: localhost
Release:
Version: 2:0:1055
Machine:
uname passed