Re: [exim] Find version

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Author: John Robinson
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To: exim.ml
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Find version
On 07/04/2010 15:48, exim.ml@??? wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 15:27 +0100, Roger Burton West wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 03:17:47PM +0100, exim.ml@??? wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>> The man page is your friend.
>>
>>      -bV       This  option causes Exim to write the current version number,
>>                compilation number, and compilation date of the  exim binary
>>                to  the  standard output.  It also lists the DBM library this
>>                is being used, the optional modules (such as specific lookup
>>                types),  the drivers that are included in the binary, and the
>>                name of the run time configuration file that is in use.

>>
> Indeed, it would have been the first place I looked after the paper book
> I keep by the project author. However despite building it from source
> and assuming to have included the documentation I found this:
>
> man exim
> No manual entry for exim
>
> I would have RTFM looking for a fix to it, but as it was missing I
> thought 'I'll ask those helpful people on the list, I'm sure they won't
> do the postfix thing and flame me for the question....'


You haven't been flamed, not really; just a gentle toasting at most.
After all everyone told you the answer as well as suggesting means of
finding it in the various sources of documentation.

If `man exim` doesn't show you the manual, there's either something
wrong with your installation or something wrong with your man
configuration. But `man exim` in Google works too.

If you built from source, you might have looked for the documentation in
the source package too: `cd /usr/src/exim-4.71/`

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Cheers,

John.