sg_get_host_info

Section: C Library Functions (3)
Updated: $Date: 2005/04/25 11:25:45 $
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NAME

sg_get_host_info - get general operating system statistics

SYNOPSIS

#include <statgrab.h>

sg_host_info *sg_get_host_info(void);

DESCRIPTION

This call returns details on the operating system.

It returns a pointer to a static buffer of sg_host_info.

RETURN VALUES

The structure returned is of type sg_host_info.


typedef struct{
        char *os_name;
        char *os_release;
        char *os_version;
        char *platform;
        char *hostname;
        time_t uptime;
}sg_host_info;

os_name: the operating system name. (eg. SunOS or Linux)
os_release: the operating system release. (eg. 5.8 or 5.9 or Solaris)
os_version: the version level of the OS.
platform: the hardware platform (architecture) the OS runs on.
hostname: the name of the machine.
uptime: the uptime of the machine in seconds.

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