A Ruby interface for getting operating system information. The name comes from the Unix 'uname' command, but this library works on MS Windows as well.
ffi 1.0 or later
gem install sys-uname # If that doesn't work and you're on Windows try this: gem install sys-uname --platform universal-mingw32
require 'sys/uname' include Sys p Uname.uname
Users on SunOS get several extra methods: architecture, platform, hw_serial, hw_provider, srpc_domain, isa_list, and dhcp_cache.
Users on BSD platforms get the extra Uname.model method.
HP-UX users get the extra Uname.id_number method. This is actually a String, not a Fixnum, because that's how it's defined in the utsname struct.
The C version for Windows has been completely scrapped in favor of an OLE plus WMI approach. It is pure Ruby. Please see the MSDN documentation for the Win32_OperatingSystem class for a complete list of what each of the UnameStruct members mean.
For more details, see the 'uname.txt' file under the 'doc' directory.
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