RE: Version Number of Package
Title: RE: Version Number of Package ppm query DBI -Original Message- From: Purcell, Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: January 31, 2001 02:06 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Version Number of Package How does one get the version of a installed package? EG. If I want to know which version of the DBI I have, what do I do? Thanks, Scott Purcell ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-users
Re: Version Number of Package
Purcell, Scott wrote: > How does one get the version of a installed package? > > EG. If I want to know which version of the DBI I have, what do I do? This often works: perl -MMy::Module -e "print $My::Module::VERSION" , since, by convention, modules contain a variable $VERSION containing the version number (this is also what tells MakeMaker what version it is). Not every module does it this way, but it's a good first shot. Cheers, Philip PS: On Unix, I do this: perl -MMy::Module -le 'print $My::Module::VERSION" ; that is, besides changing the double quotes to single to protect the $ from the shell, I add the -l flag so that Perl will add a newline after the string. Otherwise output tends to look like this: pne$ perl -MMy::Module -e 'print $My::Module::VERSION' 3.14pne $ -Ph. ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-users
Re: Version Number of Package
> How does one get the version of a installed package? > EG. If I want to know which version of the DBI I have, what do I do? I will do... C:\>ppm query DBI DBI [1.14] Database independent interface for Perl C:\> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-users
Re: Version Number of Package
"Purcell, Scott" wrote: > > How does one get the version of a installed package? > > EG. If I want to know which version of the DBI I have, what do I do? When in doubt, use your trusty editor and search for version (upper/lower case). -- ,-/- __ _ _ $Bill Luebkert ICQ=14439852 (_/ / )// // DBE Collectibles http://www.todbe.com/ / ) /--< o // // Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dbecoll.webjump.com/ -/-' /___/_<_http://www.freeyellow.com/members/dbecoll/ ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-users