1g.version(1)                GRASS GIS User's Manual               g.version(1)
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NAME

6       g.version  - Displays GRASS GIS version info.
7       Optionally also prints build or copyright information.
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KEYWORDS

10       general, support, citing, copyright, version, license
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SYNOPSIS

13       g.version
14       g.version --help
15       g.version [-cxbreg]  [--help]  [--verbose]  [--quiet]  [--ui]
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17   Flags:
18       -c
19           Print also the copyright message
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21       -x
22           Print also the citation options
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24       -b
25           Print also the build information
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27       -r
28           Print also the GIS library revision number and date
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30       -e
31           Print also extended info for additional libraries
32           GDAL/OGR, PROJ, GEOS
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34       -g
35           Print info in shell script style (including Git reference commit)
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37       --help
38           Print usage summary
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40       --verbose
41           Verbose module output
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43       --quiet
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46       --ui
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DESCRIPTION

50       g.version prints to standard output the GRASS version number, date, the
51       GRASS GIS copyright (-c flag), and GRASS build information (-b flag).
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NOTES

54       This program requires no command line arguments; the user simply  types
55       g.version on the command line to see the version number and date of the
56       GRASS GIS software currently being run by the user.
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58       Information about GRASS GIS core GIS Library can be printed by -r flag.
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60       Version numbers of additional libraries like PROJ, GDAL/OGR or GEOS are
61       printed by -e flag.
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63       See also function version() from Python Scripting Library.
64       import grass.script as gcore
65       print gcore.version()
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EXAMPLES

68   Basic info
69       g.version
70       GRASS 7.8.dev (2019)
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72   GIS Library info
73       g.version -r
74       GRASS 7.8.dev (2019)
75       libgis Revision
76       libgis Date
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78   Full info in shell script style
79       g.version -rge
80       version=7.8.dev
81       date=2019
82       revision=d4879d401
83       build_date=2019-08-04
84       build_platform=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
85       build_off_t_size=8
86       libgis_revision=060163d17
87       libgis_date="2017-04-04 09:43:02 +0200 (Tue, 04 Apr 2017) "
88       proj4=5.2.0
89       gdal=2.3.2
90       geos=3.7.1
91       sqlite=3.26.0
92       Note: if revision=exported is reported instead of the git hash then the
93       git program was not available during compilation of GRASS GIS  and  the
94       source  code  did  not contain the .git/ subdirectory (requires e.g. to
95       git clone the GRASS GIS software repository.)
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Citing GRASS GIS

98       The GRASS Development Team has invested significant time and effort  in
99       creating  GRASS  GIS,  please  cite it when using it for data analysis.
100       The GRASS GIS Web site offers citations in different styles.
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AUTHORS

103       Michael Shapiro, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory
104       Extended info by Martin Landa, Czech Technical  University  in  Prague,
105       Czech Republic
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SOURCE CODE

108       Available at: g.version source code (history)
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110       Main  index | General index | Topics index | Keywords index | Graphical
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113       © 2003-2020 GRASS Development Team, GRASS GIS 7.8.5 Reference Manual
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117GRASS 7.8.5                                                       g.version(1)