NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | VERSIONS | CONFORMING TO | EXAMPLE | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

GNU_GET_LIBC_VERSION(3)       Linux Programmer's Manual       GNU_GET_LIBC_VERSION(3)

NAME         top

       gnu_get_libc_version, gnu_get_libc_release - get glibc version and release

SYNOPSIS         top

       #define _GNU_SOURCE
       #include <gnu/libc-version.h>

       const char *gnu_get_libc_version(void);
       const char *gnu_get_libc_release(void);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The function gnu_get_libc_version() returns a string that identifies the glibc
       version available on the system.

       The function gnu_get_libc_release() returns a string indicates the release
       status of the glibc version available on the system.  This will be a string
       such as stable.

VERSIONS         top

       These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.

CONFORMING TO         top

       These functions are glibc-specific.

EXAMPLE         top

       When run, the program below will produce output such as the following:

           $ ./a.out
           GNU libc version: 2.8
           GNU libc release: stable

       #include <gnu/libc-version.h>
       #include <stdlib.h>
       #include <stdio.h>

       int
       main(int argc, char *argv[])
       {
           printf("GNU libc version: %s\n", gnu_get_libc_version());
           printf("GNU libc release: %s\n", gnu_get_libc_release());
           exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
       }

SEE ALSO         top

       confstr(3)

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of release 3.08 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
       description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can be found
       at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

Linux                                 2008-07-02              GNU_GET_LIBC_VERSION(3)