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1.1       root        1: .TH UNAME 3
                      2: .CT 2 sa
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: uname \- identify machine and kernel
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .nf
                      7: .B #include <utsname.h>
                      8: .PP
                      9: .B int uname(name)
                     10: .B struct utsname *name;
                     11: .fi
                     12: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     13: .I Uname
                     14: stores information identifying the current UNIX system in the
                     15: structure pointed to by
                     16: .I name.
                     17: .nf
                     18: .ft L
                     19: .ta 8n 16n
                     20: struct utsname {
                     21:        char sysname[32];
                     22:        char nodename[32];
                     23:        char release[32];
                     24:        char version[32];
                     25: };
                     26: .fi
                     27: .ft R
                     28: .PP
                     29: .I Uname
                     30: returns a null-terminated character string naming the current UNIX system
                     31: in the character array
                     32: .I sysname.
                     33: Similarly, 
                     34: .I nodename
                     35: contains the name that the system is known by on some communications network.
                     36: .I Release
                     37: and
                     38: .I version
                     39: further identify the operating system.
                     40: .SH FILES
                     41: .TP
                     42: .F /etc/whoami
                     43: .SH BUGS
                     44: Since a machine can have different names on different networks, 
                     45: .I nodename
                     46: is pretty useless.
                     47: .PP
                     48: This call is a partial simulation of one appearing in other systems.
                     49: .I Sysname
                     50: and
                     51: .I nodename
                     52: are copied from
                     53: .FR /etc/whoami ;
                     54: the other fields are meaningless.

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