system() added uuid freebsd

Author: sebhildebrandt

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ For major (breaking) changes - **version 4, 3 and 2** - see end of page.
 
 | Version | Date       | Comment                                                                                             |
 | ------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| 5.27.5  | 2025-06-19 | `system()` added serial, uuid, virtual (freebsd)                                                    |
 | 5.27.4  | 2025-06-19 | `uuid()` fixed os, hardware uuids (freebsd)                                                         |
 | 5.27.3  | 2025-06-17 | `osInfo()` added macOS Tahoe detection                                                              |
 | 5.27.2  | 2025-06-16 | `services()` extended matching service names                                                        |

docs/history.html

@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ <h3>Full version history</h3>
                     </tr>
                   </thead>
                   <tbody>
+                    <tr>
+                      <th scope="row">5.27.5</th>
+                      <td>2025-06-19</td>
+                      <td><span class="code">system()</span> added serial, uuid, virtual (freebsd)</td>
+                    </tr>
                     <tr>
                       <th scope="row">5.27.4</th>
                       <td>2025-06-19</td>

docs/index.html

@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
       <img class="logo" src="assets/logo.png" alt="logo">
       <div class="title">systeminformation</div>
       <div class="subtitle"><span id="typed"></span>&nbsp;</div>
-      3<div class="version">New Version: <span id="version">5.27.4</span></div>
+      3<div class="version">New Version: <span id="version">5.27.5</span></div>
       <button class="btn btn-light" onclick="location.href='https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation'">View on Github <i class=" fab fa-github"></i></button>
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lib/system.js

@@ -122,8 +122,11 @@ function system(callback) {
           }
           if (!result.uuid && (_freebsd || _openbsd || _netbsd)) {
             try {
-              const lines = execSync('sysctl -i kern.hostuuid', util.execOptsLinux).toString().split('\n');
+              const lines = execSync('sysctl -i kern.hostuuid kern.hostid', util.execOptsLinux).toString().split('\n');
               result.uuid = util.getValue(lines, 'kern.hostuuid', ':').toLowerCase();
+              if (!result.serial) {
+                result.serial = util.getValue(lines, 'kern.hostid', ':').toLowerCase();
+              }
             } catch (e) {
               util.noop();
             }