
                               embossversion 
                                      
   
   
Function

   Writes the current EMBOSS version number
   
Description

   This small utility writes out the current version of the EMBOSS
   package.
   
   It is expected that this may have a use in scripts which automatically
   write descriptions of the state of the EMBOSS package that is set up
   locally.
   
   It will also be a useful way for people to ascertain what version is
   being run if they are giving user-support to people in another site.
   
Usage

   Here is a sample session with embossversion
   

% embossversion 
Writes the current EMBOSS version number

2.9.0
   
Command line arguments

   Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers: (none)
   Additional (Optional) qualifiers:
   -full               boolean    Show all EMBOSS version information fields
   -outfile            outfile    Output file name

   Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers: (none)
   Associated qualifiers:

   "-outfile" associated qualifiers
   -odirectory          string     Output directory

   General qualifiers:
   -auto                boolean    Turn off prompts
   -stdout              boolean    Write standard output
   -filter              boolean    Read standard input, write standard output
   -options             boolean    Prompt for standard and additional values
   -debug               boolean    Write debug output to program.dbg
   -verbose             boolean    Report some/full command line options
   -help                boolean    Report command line options. More
                                  information on associated and general
                                  qualifiers can be found with -help -verbose
   -warning             boolean    Report warnings
   -error               boolean    Report errors
   -fatal               boolean    Report fatal errors
   -die                 boolean    Report deaths
   

Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers                    Allowed values       Default
(none)
Additional (Optional) qualifiers                   Allowed values       Default
-full    Show all EMBOSS version information fields Boolean value Yes/No
   No
-outfile Output file name                          Output file          stdout
Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers                   Allowed values       Default
(none)
   
Input file format

   None.
   
Output file format

   embossversion writes just the version number followed by a newline
   character to end the line.
   
   The output is written to the screen by default, but can be written to
   a named file by using the '-outfile' option.
   
   The version number is in three parts, separated by '.'s.
   The first number is the major version number - this only changes when
   substantial changes have been made to the look-and-feel of EMBOSS.
   The second number is the minor version number - this is incremented
   whenever a version is released.
   The third number is usually '0' but if a minor bug fix has been
   released that does not warrant a minor version number, this will be
   incremented.
   
Data files

   None.
   
Notes

   None.
   
References

   None.
   
Warnings

   None.
   
Diagnostic Error Messages

   None.
   
Exit status

   It always exits with status 0.
   
Known bugs

   None.
   
See also

   Program name Description
   embossdata Finds or fetches the data files read in by the EMBOSS
   programs
   
Author(s)

   Gary Williams (gwilliam © rfcgr.mrc.ac.uk)
   MRC Rosalind Franklin Centre for Genomics Research Wellcome Trust
   Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SB, UK
   
History

   Written (23 May 2001) - Gary Williams.
   
Target users

   This program is intended to be used by everyone and everything, from
   naive users to embedded scripts.
   
Comments
