From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 63083 invoked by alias); 8 Sep 2017 15:39:58 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 63070 invoked by uid 89); 8 Sep 2017 15:39:57 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=0.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=H*MI:yahoo, k9, sk:kenneth, Kenneth X-HELO: sonic306-21.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Received: from sonic306-21.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (HELO sonic306-21.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com) (66.163.189.83) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Fri, 08 Sep 2017 15:39:56 +0000 Received: from sonic.gate.mail.ne1.yahoo.com by sonic306.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with HTTP; Fri, 8 Sep 2017 15:39:54 +0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp212.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 08 Sep 2017 15:39:50 -0000 X-Yahoo-SMTP: BVtuZFiswBBG504e4DQIhRExpptF4H0nV7E7 Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2017 15:39:00 -0000 User-Agent: K-9 Mail for Android In-Reply-To: References: <70e25f3b-8086-4e3d-e4b1-7bbbc6a44599@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: RE: How to find out the current cygwin version? To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: "Ian Lambert via cygwin" Reply-To: Ian Lambert Message-ID: <1887FC94-CBF3-46D2-A11D-B036DD3741AD@yahoo.com> X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2017-09/txt/msg00094.txt.bz2 On September 8, 2017 9:05:31 AM EDT, "Nellis, Kenneth" wrote: >From: David Billinghurst=20 >> On 8/09/2017 14:39, Ben Stover via cygwin wrote: >>=20 >> > Assume I get to another (Windows) computer where Cygwin is already >> installed. >> > >> > How can I find out which version of Cygwin is currently installed? >> cygcheck --version=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 # for cygwin dll >> ... > >This isn't technically correct, right? This gives the version of >cygcheck itself, not the cygwin DLL, which is what was really >being requested. > >Instead, use: cygcheck -c cygwin > >Or, as I do (and Corinna already suggested): uname -a >or, more quietly: uname -r > Fwiw, from what I've seen, only=20 cygcheck -c cygwin=20 gives the full x.y.z-n version. All other suggestions give only x.y.z without -n Small difference, but... --=20 Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. =2E -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple