Re: [leafnode-list] How to find version of Leafnode

[phil hunt <philh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 27 Feb 2000, Joerg Dietrich wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 27, 2000 at 05:00:39AM +0000, phil hunt wrote:
> > Is there currently a good way in Leafnode to find what version
> > it is? (I am thinking of getting Leafwa to report which Leafnode
> > version it is working with).
> 
> No.
> 
> > The best way I can think of currently is to run httpd, catch the
> 						  ^^^^^
> Thought too much about apache and PHP?

I must have!

> > Is there a better way to do it? Alternately, shall I send in a patch
> 
> strings /usr/local/sbin/leafnode | grep [1-9][.][0-9] | grep -v [A-Z]
> works here but who knows what kind of garbage string finds elsewhere?

Ugh! That's almost as bad as my method.
 
> > so that `nntpd --version` prints version information then exists?
> 
> Yes, IMO. But getopt_long(3) is a GNU extension and may not be available
> everywhere. 

Bummer. Perhaps I could use something like:

   for (i = 1; i < argc; i++){
      if (strcmp(argv[i], "--version") == 0){
         print_version_info();
         exit(0);
      }
   }//for

Since if '--version' is present, the program shouldn't do anything apart
from outputing the version info.

> I wish the world were a happy place (leafnode.h).
> 
> Regards,
> 	Jo:rg
> 
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