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+#
+# This is not a runnable script, it is a Perl module, a collection of variables, subroutines, etc.
+# To get help about exported variables and subroutines, execute the following command:
+#
+# perldoc Uname.pm
+#
+# or see POD (Plain Old Documentation) embedded to the source...
+#
+#
+#//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+#//
+#// The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
+#//
+#// This file is dual licensed under the MIT and the University of Illinois Open
+#// Source Licenses. See LICENSE.txt for details.
+#//
+#//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+#
+
+package Uname;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use warnings::register;
+use Exporter;
+
+use POSIX;
+use File::Glob ":glob";
+use Net::Domain qw{};
+
+# Following code does not work with Perl 5.6 on Linux* OS and Windows* OS:
+#
+# use if $^O eq "darwin", tools => qw{};
+#
+# The workaround for Perl 5.6:
+#
+BEGIN {
+ if ( $^O eq "darwin" or $^O eq "linux" ) {
+ require tools;
+ import tools;
+ }; # if
+ if ( $^O eq "MSWin32" ) {
+ require Win32;
+ }; # if
+}; # BEGIN
+
+my $mswin = qr{\A(?:MSWin32|Windows_NT)\z};
+
+my @posix = qw{ kernel_name fqdn kernel_release kernel_version machine };
+ # Properties supported by POSIX::uname().
+my @linux =
+ qw{ processor hardware_platform operating_system };
+ # Properties reported by uname in Linux* OS.
+my @base = ( @posix, @linux );
+ # Base properties.
+my @aux =
+ (
+ qw{ host_name domain_name },
+ map( "operating_system_$_", qw{ name release codename description } )
+ );
+ # Auxiliary properties.
+my @all = ( @base, @aux );
+ # All the properties.
+my @meta = qw{ base_names all_names value };
+ # Meta functions.
+
+our $VERSION = "0.07";
+our @ISA = qw{ Exporter };
+our @EXPORT = qw{};
+our @EXPORT_OK = ( @all, @meta );
+our %EXPORT_TAGS =
+ (
+ base => [ @base ],
+ all => [ @all ],
+ meta => [ @meta ],
+ );
+
+my %values;
+ # Hash of values. Some values are strings, some may be references to code which should be
+ # evaluated to get real value. This trick is implemented because call to Net::Domain::hostfqdn()
+ # is relatively slow.
+
+# Get values from POSIX::uname().
+@values{ @posix } = POSIX::uname();
+
+# On some systems POSIX::uname() returns "short" node name (without domain name). To be consistent
+# on all systems, we will get node name from alternative source.
+if ( $^O =~ m/cygwin/i ) {
+ # Function from Net::Domain module works well, but on Cygwin it prints to
+ # stderr "domainname: not found". So we will use environment variables for now.
+ $values{ fqdn } = lc( $ENV{ COMPUTERNAME } . "." . $ENV{ USERDNSDOMAIN } );
+} else {
+ # On systems other than Cygwin, let us use Net::Domain::hostfqdn(), but do it only node name
+ # is really requested.
+ $values{ fqdn } =
+ sub {
+ my $fqdn = Net::Domain::hostfqdn(); # "fqdn" stands for "fully qualified doamain name".
+ # On some systems POSIX::uname() and Net::Domain::hostfqdn() reports different names.
+ # Let us issue a warning if they significantly different. Names are insignificantly
+ # different if POSIX::uname() matches the beginning of Net::Domain::hostfqdn().
+ if (
+ $fqdn eq substr( $fqdn, 0, length( $fqdn ) )
+ &&
+ (
+ length( $fqdn ) == length( $fqdn )
+ ||
+ substr( $fqdn, length( $fqdn ), 1 ) eq "."
+ )
+ ) {
+ # Ok.
+ } else {
+ warnings::warnif(
+ "POSIX::uname() and Net::Domain::hostfqdn() reported different names: " .
+ "\"$values{ fqdn }\" and \"$fqdn\" respectively\n"
+ );
+ }; # if
+ return $fqdn;
+ }; # sub
+}; # if
+
+if ( $^O =~ $mswin ) {
+ if (
+ $values{ machine } =~ m{\A(?:x86|[56]86)\z}
+ and
+ exists( $ENV{ PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE } ) and $ENV{ PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE } eq "x86"
+ and
+ exists( $ENV{ PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432 } )
+ ) {
+ if ( $ENV{ PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432 } eq "AMD64" ) {
+ $values{ machine } = "x86_64";
+ }; # if
+ }; # if
+}; # if
+
+# Some values are not returned by POSIX::uname(), let us compute them.
+
+# processor.
+$values{ processor } = $values{ machine };
+
+# hardware_platform.
+if ( 0 ) {
+} elsif ( $^O eq "linux" or $^O eq "freebsd" or $^O eq "netbsd" ) {
+ if ( 0 ) {
+ } elsif ( $values{ machine } =~ m{\Ai[3456]86\z} ) {
+ $values{ hardware_platform } = "i386";
+ } elsif ( $values{ machine } =~ m{\A(x86_64|amd64)\z} ) {
+ $values{ hardware_platform } = "x86_64";
+ } elsif ( $values{ machine } =~ m{\Aarmv7\D*\z} ) {
+ $values{ hardware_platform } = "arm";
+ } elsif ( $values{ machine } =~ m{\Appc64le\z} ) {
+ $values{ hardware_platform } = "ppc64le";
+ } elsif ( $values{ machine } =~ m{\Appc64\z} ) {
+ $values{ hardware_platform } = "ppc64";
+ } elsif ( $values{ machine } =~ m{\Aaarch64\z} ) {
+ $values{ hardware_platform } = "aarch64";
+ } elsif ( $values{ machine } =~ m{\Amips64\z} ) {
+ $values{ hardware_platform } = "mips64";
+ } elsif ( $values{ machine } =~ m{\Amips\z} ) {
+ $values{ hardware_platform } = "mips";
+ } else {
+ die "Unsupported machine (\"$values{ machine }\") returned by POSIX::uname(); stopped";
+ }; # if
+} elsif ( $^O eq "darwin" ) {
+ if ( 0 ) {
+ } elsif ( $values{ machine } eq "x86" or $values{ machine } eq "i386" ) {
+ $values{ hardware_platform } =
+ sub {
+ my $platform = "i386";
+ # Some OSes on Intel(R) 64 still reports "i386" machine. Verify it by using
+ # the value returned by 'sysctl -n hw.optional.x86_64'. On Intel(R) 64-bit systems the
+ # value == 1; on 32-bit systems the 'hw.optional.x86_64' property either does not exist
+ # or the value == 0. The path variable does not contain a path to sysctl when
+ # started by crontab.
+ my $sysctl = ( which( "sysctl" ) or "/usr/sbin/sysctl" );
+ my $output;
+ debug( "Executing $sysctl..." );
+ execute( [ $sysctl, "-n", "hw.optional.x86_64" ], -stdout => \$output, -stderr => undef );
+ chomp( $output );
+ if ( 0 ) {
+ } elsif ( "$output" eq "" or "$output" eq "0" ) {
+ $platform = "i386";
+ } elsif ( "$output" eq "1" ) {
+ $platform = "x86_64";
+ } else {
+ die "Unsupported value (\"$output\") returned by \"$sysctl -n hw.optional.x86_64\"; stopped";
+ }; # if
+ return $platform;
+ }; # sub {
+ } elsif ( $values{ machine } eq "x86_64" ) {
+ # Some OS X* versions report "x86_64".
+ $values{ hardware_platform } = "x86_64";
+ } else {
+ die "Unsupported machine (\"$values{ machine }\") returned by POSIX::uname(); stopped";
+ }; # if
+} elsif ( $^O =~ $mswin ) {
+ if ( 0 ) {
+ } elsif ( $values{ machine } =~ m{\A(?:x86|[56]86)\z} ) {
+ $values{ hardware_platform } = "i386";
+ } elsif ( $values{ machine } eq "x86_64" or $values{ machine } eq "amd64" ) {
+ # ActivePerl for IA-32 architecture returns "x86_64", while ActivePerl for Intel(R) 64 returns "amd64".
+ $values{ hardware_platform } = "x86_64";
+ } else {
+ die "Unsupported machine (\"$values{ machine }\") returned by POSIX::uname(); stopped";
+ }; # if
+} elsif ( $^O eq "cygwin" ) {
+ if ( 0 ) {
+ } elsif ( $values{ machine } =~ m{\Ai[3456]86\z} ) {
+ $values{ hardware_platform } = "i386";
+ } elsif ( $values{ machine } eq "x86_64" ) {
+ $values{ hardware_platform } = "x86_64";
+ } else {
+ die "Unsupported machine (\"$values{ machine }\") returned by POSIX::uname(); stopped";
+ }; # if
+} else {
+ die "Unsupported OS (\"$^O\"); stopped";
+}; # if
+
+# operating_system.
+if ( 0 ) {
+} elsif ( $values{ kernel_name } eq "Linux" ) {
+ $values{ operating_system } = "GNU/Linux";
+ my $release; # Name of chosen "*-release" file.
+ my $bulk; # Content of release file.
+ # On Ubuntu, lsb-release is quite informative, e. g.:
+ # DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
+ # DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.04
+ # DISTRIB_CODENAME=jaunty
+ # DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.04"
+ # Try lsb-release first. But on some older systems lsb-release is not informative.
+ # It may contain just one line:
+ # LSB_VERSION="1.3"
+ $release = "/etc/lsb-release";
+ if ( -e $release ) {
+ $bulk = read_file( $release );
+ } else {
+ $bulk = "";
+ }; # if
+ if ( $bulk =~ m{^DISTRIB_} ) {
+ # Ok, this lsb-release is informative.
+ $bulk =~ m{^DISTRIB_ID\s*=\s*(.*?)\s*$}m
+ or runtime_error( "$release: There is no DISTRIB_ID:", $bulk, "(eof)" );
+ $values{ operating_system_name } = $1;
+ $bulk =~ m{^DISTRIB_RELEASE\s*=\s*(.*?)\s*$}m
+ or runtime_error( "$release: There is no DISTRIB_RELEASE:", $bulk, "(eof)" );
+ $values{ operating_system_release } = $1;
+ $bulk =~ m{^DISTRIB_CODENAME\s*=\s*(.*?)\s*$}m
+ or runtime_error( "$release: There is no DISTRIB_CODENAME:", $bulk, "(eof)" );
+ $values{ operating_system_codename } = $1;
+ $bulk =~ m{^DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION\s*="?\s*(.*?)"?\s*$}m
+ or runtime_error( "$release: There is no DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION:", $bulk, "(eof)" );
+ $values{ operating_system_description } = $1;
+ } else {
+ # Oops. lsb-release is missed or not informative. Try other *-release files.
+ $release = "/etc/system-release";
+ if ( not -e $release ) { # Use /etc/system-release" if such file exists.
+ # Otherwise try other "/etc/*-release" files, but ignore "/etc/lsb-release".
+ my @releases = grep( $_ ne "/etc/lsb-release", bsd_glob( "/etc/*-release" ) );
+ # On some Fedora systems there are two files: fedora-release and redhat-release
+ # with identical content. If fedora-release present, ignore redjat-release.
+ if ( grep( $_ eq "/etc/fedora-release", @releases ) ) {
+ @releases = grep( $_ ne "/etc/redhat-release", @releases );
+ }; # if
+ if ( @releases == 1 ) {
+ $release = $releases[ 0 ];
+ } else {
+ if ( @releases == 0 ) {
+ # No *-release files found, try debian_version.
+ $release = "/etc/debian_version";
+ if ( not -e $release ) {
+ $release = undef;
+ warning( "No release files found in \"/etc/\" directory." );
+ }; # if
+ } else {
+ $release = undef;
+ warning( "More than one release files found in \"/etc/\" directory:", @releases );
+ }; # if
+ }; # if
+ }; # if
+ if ( defined( $release ) ) {
+ $bulk = read_file( $release );
+ if ( $release =~ m{system|redhat|fedora} ) {
+ # Red Hat or Fedora. Parse the first line of file.
+ # Typical values of *-release (one of):
+ # Red Hat Enterprise Linux* OS Server release 5.2 (Tikanga)
+ # Red Hat Enterprise Linux* OS AS release 3 (Taroon Update 4)
+ # Fedora release 10 (Cambridge)
+ $bulk =~ m{\A(.*)$}m
+ or runtime_error( "$release: Cannot find the first line:", $bulk, "(eof)" );
+ my $first_line = $1;
+ $values{ operating_system_description } = $first_line;
+ $first_line =~ m{\A(.*?)\s+release\s+(.*?)(?:\s+\((.*?)(?:\s+Update\s+(.*?))?\))?\s*$}
+ or runtime_error( "$release:1: Cannot parse line:", $first_line );
+ $values{ operating_system_name } = $1;
+ $values{ operating_system_release } = $2 . ( defined( $4 ) ? ".$4" : "" );
+ $values{ operating_system_codename } = $3;
+ } elsif ( $release =~ m{SuSE} ) {
+ # Typical SuSE-release:
+ # SUSE Linux* OS Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64)
+ # VERSION = 10
+ # PATCHLEVEL = 2
+ $bulk =~ m{\A(.*)$}m
+ or runtime_error( "$release: Cannot find the first line:", $bulk, "(eof)" );
+ my $first_line = $1;
+ $values{ operating_system_description } = $first_line;
+ $first_line =~ m{^(.*?)\s*(\d+)\s*\(.*?\)\s*$}
+ or runtime_error( "$release:1: Cannot parse line:", $first_line );
+ $values{ operating_system_name } = $1;
+ $bulk =~ m{^VERSION\s*=\s*(.*)\s*$}m
+ or runtime_error( "$release: There is no VERSION:", $bulk, "(eof)" );
+ $values{ operating_system_release } = $1;
+ if ( $bulk =~ m{^PATCHLEVEL\s*=\s*(.*)\s*$}m ) {
+ $values{ operating_system_release } .= ".$1";
+ }; # if
+ } elsif ( $release =~ m{debian_version} ) {
+ # Debian. The file debian_version contains just version number, nothing more:
+ # 4.0
+ my $name = "Debian";
+ $bulk =~ m{\A(.*)$}m
+ or runtime_error( "$release: Cannot find the first line:", $bulk, "(eof)" );
+ my $version = $1;
+ $values{ operating_system_name } = $name;
+ $values{ operating_system_release } = $version;
+ $values{ operating_system_codename } = "unknown";
+ $values{ operating_system_description } = sprintf( "%s %s", $name, $version );
+ }; # if
+ }; # if
+ }; # if
+ if ( not defined( $values{ operating_system_name } ) ) {
+ $values{ operating_system_name } = "GNU/Linux";
+ }; # if
+} elsif ( $values{ kernel_name } eq "Darwin" ) {
+ my %codenames = (
+ 10.4 => "Tiger",
+ 10.5 => "Leopard",
+ 10.6 => "Snow Leopard",
+ );
+ my $darwin;
+ my $get_os_info =
+ sub {
+ my ( $name ) = @_;
+ if ( not defined $darwin ) {
+ $darwin->{ operating_system } = "Darwin";
+ # sw_vers prints OS X* version to stdout:
+ # ProductName: OS X*
+ # ProductVersion: 10.4.11
+ # BuildVersion: 8S2167
+ # It does not print codename, so we code OS X* codenames here.
+ my $sw_vers = which( "sw_vers" ) || "/usr/bin/sw_vers";
+ my $output;
+ debug( "Executing $sw_vers..." );
+ execute( [ $sw_vers ], -stdout => \$output, -stderr => undef );
+ $output =~ m{^ProductName:\s*(.*)\s*$}m
+ or runtime_error( "There is no ProductName in sw_vers output:", $output, "(eof)" );
+ my $name = $1;
+ $output =~ m{^ProductVersion:\s*(.*)\s*$}m
+ or runtime_error( "There is no ProductVersion in sw_vers output:", $output, "(eof)" );
+ my $release = $1;
+ # Sometimes release reported as "10.4.11" (3 componentes), sometimes as "10.6".
+ # Handle both variants.
+ $release =~ m{^(\d+.\d+)(?:\.\d+)?(?=\s|$)}
+ or runtime_error( "Cannot parse OS X* version: $release" );
+ my $version = $1;
+ my $codename = ( $codenames{ $version } or "unknown" );
+ $darwin->{ operating_system_name } = $name;
+ $darwin->{ operating_system_release } = $release;
+ $darwin->{ operating_system_codename } = $codename;
+ $darwin->{ operating_system_description } = sprintf( "%s %s (%s)", $name, $release, $codename );
+ }; # if
+ return $darwin->{ $name };
+ }; # sub
+ $values{ operating_system } = sub { $get_os_info->( "operating_system" ); };
+ $values{ operating_system_name } = sub { $get_os_info->( "operating_system_name" ); };
+ $values{ operating_system_release } = sub { $get_os_info->( "operating_system_release" ); };
+ $values{ operating_system_codename } = sub { $get_os_info->( "operating_system_codename" ); };
+ $values{ operating_system_description } = sub { $get_os_info->( "operating_system_description" ); };
+} elsif ( $values{ kernel_name } =~ m{\AWindows[ _]NT\z} ) {
+ $values{ operating_system } = "MS Windows";
+ # my @os_name = Win32::GetOSName();
+ # $values{ operating_system_release } = $os_name[ 0 ];
+ # $values{ operating_system_update } = $os_name[ 1 ];
+} elsif ( $values{ kernel_name } =~ m{\ACYGWIN_NT-} ) {
+ $values{ operating_system } = "MS Windows";
+} elsif ( $values{ kernel_name } =~ m{\AFreeBSD} ) {
+ $values{ operating_system } = "FreeBSD";
+} elsif ( $values{ kernel_name } =~ m{\ANetBSD} ) {
+ $values{ operating_system } = "NetBSD";
+} else {
+ die "Unsupported kernel_name (\"$values{ kernel_name }\") returned by POSIX::uname(); stopped";
+}; # if
+
+# host_name and domain_name
+$values{ host_name } =
+ sub {
+ my $fqdn = value( "fqdn" );
+ $fqdn =~ m{\A([^.]*)(?:\.(.*))?\z};
+ my $host_name = $1;
+ if ( not defined( $host_name ) or $host_name eq "" ) {
+ die "Unexpected error: undefined or empty host name; stopped";
+ }; # if
+ return $host_name;
+ };
+$values{ domain_name } =
+ sub {
+ my $fqdn = value( "fqdn" );
+ $fqdn =~ m{\A([^.]*)(?:\.(.*))?\z};
+ my $domain_name = $2;
+ if ( not defined( $domain_name ) or $domain_name eq "" ) {
+ die "Unexpected error: undefined or empty domain name; stopped";
+ }; # if
+ return $domain_name;
+ };
+
+# Replace undefined values with "unknown".
+foreach my $name ( @all ) {
+ if ( not defined( $values{ $name } ) ) {
+ $values{ $name } = "unknown";
+ }; # if
+}; # foreach $name
+
+# Export functions reporting properties.
+foreach my $name ( @all ) {
+ no strict "refs";
+ *$name = sub { return value( $name ); };
+}; # foreach $name
+
+# This function returns base names.
+sub base_names {
+ return @base;
+}; # sub base_names
+
+# This function returns all the names.
+sub all_names {
+ return @all;
+}; # sub all_names
+
+# This function returns value by the specified name.
+sub value($) {
+ my $name = shift( @_ );
+ if ( ref( $values{ $name } ) ) {
+ my $value = $values{ $name }->();
+ $values{ $name } = $value;
+ }; # if
+ return $values{ $name };
+}; # sub value
+
+return 1;
+
+__END__
+
+=pod
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+B<Uname.pm> -- A few subroutines to get system information usually provided by
+C</bin/uname> and C<POSIX::uname()>.
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ use Uname;
+
+ # Base property functions.
+ $kernel_name = Uname::kernel_name();
+ $fqdn = Uname::fqdn();
+ $kernel_release = Uname::kernel_release();
+ $kernel_version = Uname::kernel_version();
+ $machine = Uname::machine();
+ $processor = Uname::processor();
+ $hardware_platform = Uname::hardware_platform();
+ $operating_system = Uname::operating_system();
+
+ # Auxiliary property functions.
+ $host_name = Uname::host_name();
+ $domain_name = Uname::domain_name();
+ $os_name = Uname::operating_system_name();
+ $os_release = Uname::operating_system_release();
+ $os_codename = Uname::operating_system_codename();
+ $os_description = Uname::operating_system_description();
+
+ # Meta functions.
+ @base_names = Uname::base_names();
+ @all_names = Uname::all_names();
+ $kernel_name = Uname::value( "kernel_name" );
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+B<Uname.pm> resembles functionality found in C<POSIX::uname()> function or in C<uname> program.
+However, both C<POSIX::uname()> and C</bin/uname> have some disadvantages:
+
+=over
+
+=item *
+
+C<uname> may be not available in some environments, for example, in Windows* OS
+(C<uname> may be found in some third-party software packages, like MKS Toolkit or Cygwin, but it is
+not a part of OS).
+
+=item *
+
+There are many different versions of C<uname>. For example, C<uname> on OS X* does not
+recognize options C<-i>, C<-o>, and any long options.
+
+=item *
+
+Different versions of C<uname> may report the same property differently. For example,
+C<uname> on Linux* OS reports machine as C<i686>, while C<uname> on OS X* reports the same machine as
+C<x86>.
+
+=item *
+
+C<POSIX::uname()> returns list of values. I cannot recall what is the fourth element of the list.
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Base Functions
+
+Base property functions provide the information as C<uname> program.
+
+=over
+
+=item B<kernel_name()>
+
+Returns the kernel name, as reported by C<POSIX::uname()>.
+
+=item B<fqdn()>
+
+Returns the FQDN, fully qualified domain name. On some systems C<POSIX::uname()> reports short node
+name (with no domain name), on others C<POSIX::uname()> reports full node name. This
+function strive to return FQDN always (by refining C<POSIX::uname()> with
+C<Net::Domain::hostfqdn()>).
+
+=item B<kernel_release()>
+
+Returns the kernel release string, as reported by C<POSIX::uname()>. Usually the string consists of
+several numbers, separated by dots and dashes, but may also include some non-numeric substrings like
+"smp".
+
+=item B<kernel_version()>
+
+Returns the kernel version string, as reported by C<POSIX::uname()>. It is B<not> several
+dot-separated numbers but much longer string describing the kernel.
+For example, on Linux* OS it includes build date.
+If you look for something identifying the kernel, look at L<kernel_release>.
+
+=item B<machine()>
+
+Returns the machine hardware name, as reported by POSIX::uname(). Not reliable. Different OSes may
+report the same machine hardware name differently. For example, Linux* OS reports C<i686>, while OS X*
+reports C<x86> on the same machine.
+
+=item B<processor()>
+
+Returns the processor type. Not reliable. Usually the same as C<machine>.
+
+=item B<hardware_platform()>
+
+One of: C<i386> or C<x86_64>.
+
+=item B<operating_system()>
+
+One of: C<GNU/Linux>, C<OS X*>, or C<MS Windows>.
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Auxiliary Functions
+
+Auxiliary functions extends base functions with information not reported by C<uname> program.
+
+Auxiliary functions collect information from different sources. For example, on OS X*, they may
+call C<sw_vers> program to find out OS release; on Linux* OS they may parse C</etc/redhat-release> file,
+etc.
+
+=over
+
+=item B<host_name()>
+
+Returns host name (FQDN with dropped domain part).
+
+=item B<domain_name()>
+
+Returns domain name (FQDN with dropped host part).
+
+=item B<operating_system_name>
+
+Name of operating system or name of Linux* OS distribution, like "Fedora" or
+"Red Hat Enterprise Linux* OS Server".
+
+=item B<operating_system_release>
+
+Release (version) of operating system or Linux* OS distribution. Usually it is a series of
+dot-separated numbers.
+
+=item B<operating_system_codename>
+
+Codename of operating system release or Linux* OS distribution. For example, Fedora 10 is "Cambridge"
+while OS X* 10.4 is "Tiger".
+
+=item B<operating_system_description>
+
+Longer string. Usually it includes all the operating system properting mentioned above -- name,
+release, codename in parentheses.
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Meta Functions
+
+=over
+
+=item B<base_names()>
+
+This function returns the list of base property names.
+
+=item B<all_names()>
+
+This function returns the list of all property names.
+
+=item B<value(> I<name> B<)>
+
+This function returns the value of the property specified by I<name>.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 EXAMPLES
+
+ use Uname;
+
+ print( Uname::string(), "\n" );
+
+ foreach my $name ( Uname::all_names() ) {
+ print( "$name=\"" . Uname::value( $name ) . "\"\n" );
+ }; # foreach $name
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<POSIX::uname>, L<uname>.
+
+=cut
+
+# end of file #
+