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

NAME
       gnugetlibcversion,  gnugetlibcrelease  -  get  glibc  version and
       release

SYNOPSIS
       #include 

       const char *gnugetlibcversion(void);
       const char *gnugetlibcrelease(void);

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

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

VERSIONS
       These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.

ATTRIBUTES
       For   an   explanation   of   the  terms  used  in  this  section,  see
       attributes(7).

       ┌────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │Interface               │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │gnugetlibcversion(), │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       │gnugetlibcrelease()  │               │         │
       └────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
CONFORMING TO
       These functions are glibc-specific.

EXAMPLE
       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 
       #include 
       #include 

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

SEE ALSO
       confstr(3)

COLOPHON
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       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.



Linux                             2012-08-26           GNUGETLIBCVERSION(3)