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                                                                 uname(2)



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        uname                                                 System Call
        Get name of current UNIX system.
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        SYNTAX

        int   uname  (name)
        struct utsname * name;


        PARAMETERS

        name           Address of a structure to be filled with the
                       current system name.


        DESCRIPTION

        Uname stores information identifying the current UNIX system in
        the structure pointed to by <name>.  This information is set
        during the system generation procedure and may be meaningful to
        other software.


        ACCESS CONTROL

        None.


        RETURN VALUE

        0              The uname operation was successful.


        -1             An error occurred.  Errno is set to indicate the
                       error.


        EXCEPTIONS

        Errno may be set to one of the following error codes:


        EFAULT         Uname will fail if <name> points to an invalid
                       address.


        SEE ALSO




        DG/UX 4.00                                                 Page 1
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                                                                 uname(2)



        The related manual section:  uname(1) in the User's Reference for
        the DG/UX System.




















































        DG/UX 4.00                                                 Page 2
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