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



NAME
       gnu_get_libc_version, gnu_get_libc_release - get glibc version and release

SYNOPSIS
       #define _GNU_SOURCE
       #include <gnu/libc-version.h>

       const char *gnu_get_libc_version(void);
       const char *gnu_get_libc_release(void);

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.

VERSIONS
       These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.

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 <gnu/libc-version.h>
       #include <stdlib.h>
       #include <stdio.h>

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

SEE ALSO
       confstr(3)

COLOPHON
       This page is part of release 3.25 of the Linux man-pages project.  A description of the project,  and  information  about
       reporting bugs, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.



Linux                                                      2008-07-02                                    GNU_GET_LIBC_VERSION(3)