gnu_get_libc_version3
Get glibc version and release
Usage
#include <gnu/libc-version.h>
const char *gnu_get_libc_version(void); const char *gnu_get_libc_release(void);
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Overview
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 indicating the release status of the glibc version available on the system. This will be a string such as stable.
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 |
Examples
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 <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);
}
Releases
10 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 9 times.