gnu_get_libc_version, gnu_get_libc_release - get glibc version and release
Contents
Attributes
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│ gnu_get_libc_version(), gnu_get_libc_release() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
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.
Examples
When run, the program below will produce output such as the following:
$ ./a.out
GNU libc version: 2.8
GNU libc release: stable
Programsource
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <gnu/libc-version.h>
int
main(void)
{
printf("GNU libc version: %s\n", gnu_get_libc_version());
printf("GNU libc release: %s\n", gnu_get_libc_release());
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
History
glibc 2.1.
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Name
gnu_get_libc_version, gnu_get_libc_release - get glibc version and release
See Also
confstr(3) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-06-15 gnu_get_libc_version(3)
Standards
GNU.
Synopsis
#include<gnu/libc-version.h>constchar*gnu_get_libc_version(void);constchar*gnu_get_libc_release(void);
