Re: [LI] Version of a binary

["Bilal Muddassir" <noorh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ummmmm POSIX handles this?
Generally the binary run without necessary arguments would report its
version number.
Or -h or -v etc
Interesting question though.

----- Original Message -----
From: V S Sai Satish <saisat@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 5:10 PM
Subject: [LI] Version of a binary


> Hi All,
>
> Is there a command to find the version of a binary installed on Linux
(2..2.5)
>
> like `what` in HP-UX ?
>
> Say `what /usr/sbin/sendmail` gives the version of that binary.
> Is there a way to do in Linux?
> TIA
> Sai
>
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