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A command on Unix and Unix-like operating systems that prints out information about the machine and OS.

uname is a command on Unix and Unix-like operating systems that prints out information about the machine and OS.

This tag is used when asking for ways to get information about the machine.

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Error checking with uname(2)?

Is it necessary to check for errors after calling uname(2)? According to the manual page: On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately. and under the ERRORS heading, EFAULT buf is not…
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How to get uname correct info with uname_hack

I need to get correct information from uname command when uname-hack script is running on Solaris. More details about uname-hack: https://blogs.oracle.com/jonh/entry/it_s_been_a_long There is any file that contain this information or any command…
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Device Name for iPad Mini Retina

on IOS calling uname() will return the device name. The only doc i could find is this website but it does not contain the iPad Mini Retina in the list. Does anyone know what uname() will return on that device ? Thanks, Razvan.
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How to identify the flavour of linux using uname -a or lsb_release -a commands?

I am new to unix. I just want to check the flavour of my linux machine and tried the below commands [root@ab-l13-i05 jetty-license]# uname -a Linux ab-l13-i05 2.6.18-128.el5 #1 SMP Wed Jan 21 08:45:05 EST 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64…
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How to get kernel version without arch

I am looking for a command that will return the kernel build without the architecture. uname -r returns: 2.6.32-279.22.1.el6.x86_64 but I only need 2.6.32-279.22.1.el6 I can do this using a regex and chomp everything past the last dot
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Good way to send result of 'uname -a' to a stream?

What is a good way to call 'uname -a' from a C++ program and send the results to a stream? I looked at system() and exec(), but they do not seem to give access to the stdout of the call. Thanks. -William
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Updating kernel in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS doesn't seem to work

I am trying to update my kernel for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS from 3.4.0 to the newest version available, but uname -r continues to return 3.4.0 no matter what I do. I have also tried to reboot my system multiple times, to no avail. The output of sudo…
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Adding some extra info in uname -v output string in linux kernel

On my Linux machine when i run uname -v it gives me #83-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 4 11:12:07 UTC 2012 Now i am building my custom kernel and i need to show some flag/text info about build in this string .. i want something like if some config are on…
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