Reading the Linux Kernel version

kewl · 10-23-2009, 02:04 AM

Hi,
Is there any way to read the kernel version number using c++ code in an application?

neonsignal · 10-23-2009, 02:59 AM

You could open the file '/proc/version' and read the contents into a string.

anshexp · 10-31-2009, 03:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kewl

Hi,
Is there any way to read the kernel version number using c++ code in an application?

generally u can se the kernel version by command by uname -a
on shell.

if u want to find out it in C++ code the u try
system("uname -a") in ur c++ code.
and include stdlib.h
if it will not work then tell me