Thread: Getting the server name

How would one get the name of the server (Linux) that the C code runs on? I want to fetch and display the name of the server once the program is executed.

Do you want the server name, or the host name? They aren't necessarily the same thing.

For the server name do man 2 uname
For the host name do man 2 gethostname

Right, thanks. I googled them and came up with the following:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/manpage?2+uname

So how would I implement this in my code? I include the sys/utsname.h library, and include the definiton int uname(struct utsname *buf); but how do I use uname in my code?

I don't have a compiler handy, but something like

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/utsname.h>

int main(void)
{
    int rc;
    struct utsname buf;

    rc = uname(&buf);

    if (rc == 0)
    {
        printf("Server name is %s\n", buf.nodename);
    }
    else
    {
        /* Error */
    }
    return(0);
}

thanks but that didn't work. anyway, i got the function implemented using system()... problem solved.

Originally Posted by Opel_Corsa

thanks but that didn't work. anyway, i got the function implemented using system()... problem solved.

lol, why not just drop C altogether and start shell scripting 100%

Originally Posted by Laserve

lol, why not just drop C altogether and start shell scripting 100%

i wasn't initially planning to use unix system calls but because i was short on time i had no option...

thanks but that didn't work. anyway, i got the function implemented using system()... problem solved.

What do you mean it didn't work? It worked fine on the linux box I ran it on later.