posix_uname Get system name &reftitle.description; arrayposix_uname Gets information about the system. Posix requires that assumptions must not be made about the format of the values, e.g. the assumption that a release may contain three digits or anything else returned by this function. &reftitle.returnvalues; Returns a hash of strings with information about the system. The indices of the hash are sysname - operating system name (e.g. Linux) nodename - system name (e.g. valiant) release - operating system release (e.g. 2.2.10) version - operating system version (e.g. #4 Tue Jul 20 17:01:36 MEST 1999) machine - system architecture (e.g. i586) domainname - DNS domainname (e.g. example.com) domainname is a GNU extension and not part of POSIX.1, so this field is only available on GNU systems or when using the GNU libc. &reftitle.examples; ]]> &example.outputs.similar; Linux [nodename] => funbox [release] => 2.6.20-15-server [version] => #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 07:41:34 UTC 2007 [machine] => i686 ) ]]>