Re: [exim] Find version

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Author: Nigel Wade
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Find version
exim.ml@??? wrote:
> Lord am I thick!
>
> You would think spending an hour googling the various 'exim display
> version', 'exim show version' and 'exim --version' may have given me a
> hint how to find the version of exim on the system - but no, it teases
> me but won't tell me.
>
> I've tried exim --version but it complains:
>
> /usr/exim/bin/exim --version
> exim abandoned: unknown, malformed, or incomplete option --version
>
> Would someone put me out of my misery (by telling me how, rather than a
> shot in the arm :-))
>


When all else fails, read the manual (man exim), wherein you will find details
of the option -bV.

You can also telnet to the exim process if it's running, part of the default
response includes the version.

-- 
Nigel Wade, System Administrator, Space Plasma Physics Group,
            University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
E-mail :    nmw@???
Phone :     +44 (0)116 2523548, Fax : +44 (0)116 2523555