On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 11:36:27AM -0600, Siders, Keith wrote: > This isn't mips-specific, so maybe belongs on another list, but I figured > someone here could probably answer just as quickly. I need to track versions > of all files in the system (embedded, flash-based, no disk media), but > cannot find a structure member where a version number can be stored in a > file header. Most linux command line apps generally have a -version command > line option, but is not viable for our application. Have I missed something? > Is there a standard Linux method/practice for version number tracking and > retrieval that is separate from CVS and the -version command switch, or do I > have to use something proprietary? Or should I just try to use the file > creation timestamp? Usually this is the reason for a distribution which stores some kind of metadata in some flavour of package database: (flo@paradigm)~# dpkg -l gcc binutils Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ ii gcc 2.95.4-9 The GNU C compiler. ii binutils 2.11.92.0.12.3 The GNU assembler, linker and binary utiliti Flo -- Florian Lohoff flo@rfc822.org +49-5201-669912 Nine nineth on september the 9th Welcome to the new billenium
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