gnu_get_libc_version(3) Linux Man Page

Name

gnu_get_libc_version, gnu_get_libc_release - get glibc version and release

Library

Standard C library ( libc ", " -lc )

Synopsis

#include <gnu/libc-version.h> 
const char *gnu_get_libc_version(void); 
const char *gnu_get_libc_release(void);

Description

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".

Attributes

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). allbox; lbx lb lb T{ gnu_get_libc_version()gnu_get_libc_release()

Interface	Attribute	Value
T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe

Standards

GNU.

History

glibc 2.1.

Examples

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

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

Program Source

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#include <gnu/libc-version.h>

int
main(void)
{
    printf("GNU libc version: %s\en", gnu_get_libc_version());
    printf("GNU libc release: %s\en", gnu_get_libc_release());
    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}

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