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sg_get_host_info(3)                                        sg_get_host_info(3)

NAME
       sg_get_host_info, sg_get_host_info_r, sg_free_host_info - get general
       operating system statistics

SYNOPSIS
       #include <statgrab.h>

       sg_host_info *sg_get_host_info
(size_t *entries);

       sg_host_info *sg_get_host_info_r
(size_t *entries);

       sg_error sg_free_host_info
(sg_host_info *data);

DESCRIPTION
       These calls return details on the operating system and the machine it's
       running on.

       API Shortcut

       +-------------------+----------------+---------------------+
       |function           | returns        | data owner          |
       +-------------------+----------------+---------------------+
       |sg_get_host_info   | sg_host_info * | libstatgrab (thread |
       |                   |                | local)              |
       +-------------------+----------------+---------------------+
       |sg_get_host_info_r | sg_host_info * | caller              |
       +-------------------+----------------+---------------------+
       The sg_host_info buffer received from sg_get_host_info_r() must be
       freed using sg_free_host_info() when not needed any more. The caller is
       responsible for doing it.

RETURN VALUES
       The structure returned is of type sg_host_info.

       typedef enum {
               sg_unknown_configuration = 0,
               sg_physical_host,
               sg_virtual_machine,
               sg_paravirtual_machine,
               sg_hardware_virtualized
       } sg_host_state;

       typedef struct{
               char *os_name;
               char *os_release;
               char *os_version;
               char *platform;
               char *hostname;
               unsigned bitwidth;
               sg_host_state host_state;
               unsigned ncpus;
               unsigned maxcpus;
               time_t uptime;
               time_t systime;
       }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.

       systime
              The timestamp when the above stats where collected in seconds
              since epoch

SEE ALSO
       statgrab(3)

WEBSITE
       <http://www.i-scream.org/libstatgrab/>

i-scream                          2013-06-17               sg_get_host_info(3)