libstatgrab/docs/os_stats.txt

General Operating System Statistics
===================================

$Id$

The structure returned is of type general_stat_t and looks like this:

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

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

Functions
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general_stat_t *get_general_stats();

This call returns details on the operating system.

It returns a static buffer general_stat_t.

Example
-------

An example can be found in examples/os_info.c
Revision:	1.2
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#	Content
1	General Operating System Statistics
2	===================================
3
4	$Id$
5
6	The structure returned is of type general_stat_t and looks like this:
7
8	typedef struct{
9	char *os_name;
10	char *os_release;
11	char *os_version;
12	char *platform;
13	char *hostname;
14	time_t uptime;
15	}general_stat_t;
16
17	os_name is the operating system name.
18	(eg. SunOS or Linux)
19	os_release is the operating system release.
20	(eg. 5.8 or 5.9 for Solaris)
21	os_version is the version level of the OS.
22	platform is the hardware platform (architecture) the OS runs on.
23	hostname is the name of the machine
24	uptime is the uptime of the machine in seconds
25
26	Functions
27	---------
28
29	general_stat_t *get_general_stats();
30
31	This call returns details on the operating system.
32
33	It returns a static buffer general_stat_t.
34
35	Example
36	-------
37
38	An example can be found in examples/os_info.c