From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 6 4:38:14 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEA521513A for ; Mon, 6 Dec 1999 04:38:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.11 #1) id 11uxOv-0007ds-00; Mon, 06 Dec 1999 14:37:57 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: rene@xs4all.nl Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: some very simple questions In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 05 Dec 1999 19:43:55 +0100." <11822.991205@xs4all.nl> Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 14:37:57 +0200 Message-ID: <29379.944483877@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 05 Dec 1999 19:43:55 +0100, rene@xs4all.nl wrote: > * How do I figure out what version of freeBSD I am running? Well, ``uname -r'' will tell you that, but when you're reporting problems, most folks would prefer to see the output of ``uname -a''. Anyways, see the uname(1) manual page for more information. > * And the version of any given package, beit source, > pre-compiled or installed? You can do this: pkg_info |less However, this will only show you information about stuff you installed using the FreeBSD Ports Collection or FreeBSD packages. For other stuff, you'll have to hunt its documentation. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message