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Subject: Re: Version numbers
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James A Wilde wrote:

> Is there an easy way of finding the version number of software one has
> loaded?  I seem to remember that the man pages were supposed to have a
> header including such information.  Some programs provide the information
> when started.  And if one has the source, one has a directory with the
> version number.  But after you have installed, is there some command one can
> give to get back the version number?

pkg_info -aI

Of course, this works for packages and ports only.

HTH
-Christoph Sold



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