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 38.12 System Identification
 ===========================
 
 This section lists the various procedures Guile provides for accessing
 information about the system it runs on.
 
  -- Scheme Procedure: uname
  -- C Function: scm_uname ()
      Return an object with some information about the computer system
      the program is running on.
 
    The following procedures accept an object as returned by `uname' and
 return a selected component.
 
 `utsname:sysname'
      The name of the operating system.
 
 `utsname:nodename'
      The network name of the computer.
 
 `utsname:release'
      The current release level of the operating system implementation.
 
 `utsname:version'
      The current version level within the release of the operating
      system.
 
 `utsname:machine'
      A description of the hardware.
 
  -- Scheme Procedure: gethostname
  -- C Function: scm_gethostname ()
      Return the host name of the current processor.
 
  -- Scheme Procedure: sethostname name
  -- C Function: scm_sethostname (name)
      Set the host name of the current processor to NAME. May only be
      used by the superuser.  The return value is not specified.
 

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