notcurses_util(3)

nick black

v3.0.9

NAME

notcurses_util - portable utility functions

SYNOPSIS

#include <notcurses/notcurses.h>

char* notcurses_accountname(void);

char* notcurses_hostname(void);

char* notcurses_osversion(void);

DESCRIPTION

Notcurses provides some utility functions, usually to abstract away platform-dependent differences.

notcurses_accountname returns a heap-allocated copy of the account name under which the program is running. notcurses_hostname returns a heap-allocated copy of the local host name. notcurses_osversion returns a heap-allocated human-readable representation of the operating system and its version.

NOTES

RETURN VALUES

All functions return NULL on error.

SEE ALSO

hostname(1), notcurses(3)