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Hi <BR>
Thanks for your response <BR>
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regards<BR>
bhuvana<BR>
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On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 Bill Medland wrote :<BR>
>On June 8, 2004 02:31 am, S Buvaneswari wrote:<BR>
> > <P><BR>
> > Hi <BR><BR>
> > Can you please tell me how to check what version of wine is<BR>
> > installed on Linux machine.<BR> curently I am using "rpm -q<BR>
> > wine" in the console to check the wine version. <BR><BR>
> > Is the version information is stored anywhere else (ie. in any file<BR>
> > or so) ?<BR> My requirement is to write a java program to retrieve<BR>
> > the version of wine installed on Linux machine. Can any one help on this<BR>
> > ?<BR> <BR><BR>
> > Thanks & Regards<BR><BR>
> > Bhuvaneswari S<BR><BR>
><BR>
>No, the version is almost certainly not stored in a file anywhere. (That<BR>
>would be a risky thing to do since it could very easily get out of sync with<BR>
>the actual executables).<BR>
><BR>
>If the wine is installed under rpm then I would say that using rpm -q is the<BR>
>best way to get the version. (I have known of one occasion in the past on<BR>
>which it was more correct than the wine --version answer). Using rpm will<BR>
>give much more accurate information including whose build of wine it is as<BR>
>well as the version.<BR>
><BR>
>Otherwise, as Mark said, use wine --version.<BR>
><BR>
>I am really not knowledgeable about java but I would have thought that if you<BR>
>are able to access the local filesystem to read a file then you should be<BR>
>able to execute a command in the local system and read its output.<BR>
><BR>
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