System Information

System Information — Get system infomation

Synopsis

#include <lightdm.h>

const gchar *       lightdm_get_hostname                (void);
const gchar *       lightdm_get_os_id                   (void);
const gchar *       lightdm_get_os_name                 (void);
const gchar *       lightdm_get_os_pretty_name          (void);
const gchar *       lightdm_get_os_version              (void);
const gchar *       lightdm_get_os_version_id           (void);
gchar *             lightdm_get_motd                    (void);

Description

Helper functions to get system information.

Details

lightdm_get_hostname ()

const gchar *       lightdm_get_hostname                (void);

Returns :

The name of the host we are running on.

lightdm_get_os_id ()

const gchar *       lightdm_get_os_id                   (void);

Get a word describing the OS, suitable for checking which OS the greeter is running on. e.g. "ubuntu"

Returns :

a string (ID variable from /etc/os-release) or NULL if not set. [nullable]

lightdm_get_os_name ()

const gchar *       lightdm_get_os_name                 (void);

Get a line of text describing the OS without version information, suitable for presentation to the user. e.g. "Ubuntu"

Returns :

a string (NAME variable from /etc/os-release) or NULL if not set. [nullable]

lightdm_get_os_pretty_name ()

const gchar *       lightdm_get_os_pretty_name          (void);

Get a line of text describing the OS, suitable for presentation to the user. e.g. "Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS"

Returns :

a string (PRETTY_NAME variable from /etc/os-release) or NULL if not set. [nullable]

lightdm_get_os_version ()

const gchar *       lightdm_get_os_version              (void);

Get a line of text describing the OS version, suitable for presentation to the user. e.g. "16.04.1 LTS (Xenial Xapus)"

Returns :

a string (VERSION variable from /etc/os-release) or NULL if not set. [nullable]

lightdm_get_os_version_id ()

const gchar *       lightdm_get_os_version_id           (void);

Get a word descibing the OS version, suitable for checking which version of the OS this greeter is running on. e.g. "16.04"

Returns :

a string (VERSION_ID variable from /etc/os-release) or NULL if not set. [nullable]

lightdm_get_motd ()

gchar *             lightdm_get_motd                    (void);

Get a system message that should be presented to the user. e.g. "Welcome to Yoyodyne"

Returns :

a string (the contents of /etc/motd) or NULL if not set. [nullable]

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