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URL: http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao3.4/uname.tm.html
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AHELP for CIAO 3.4 uname Context: slangrtl

Synopsis

Get the system name

Syntax

Struct_Tye uname ()

Description

The uname function returns a structure containing information about the operating system. The structure contains the following fields:

       sysname  (Name of the operating system)
       nodename (Name of the node within the network)
       release  (Release level of the OS)
       version  (Current version of the release)
       machine  (Name of the hardware)

Not all systems support this function.

Hardcopy (PDF): A4 | Letter
Last modified: December 2006



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