47 lines
1.3 KiB
Groff
47 lines
1.3 KiB
Groff
.TH IM_VERSION 3 "15 December 1999"
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.SH NAME
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im_version, im_version_string \- return VIPS version info
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B #include <vips/vips.h>
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.B int im_version( int flag )
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.B const char *im_version_string( void )
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B im_version(3)
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returns the major version number if
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.B flag
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== 0, the minor version number if
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.B flag
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== 1, and the micro version number if
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.B flag
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== 2.
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Major versions are supposed to represent very large changes to the
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library, minor versions indicate steady improvements (with odd minor
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versions indicating unstable and undocumented development releases),
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and micro versions indicating bug-fixes.
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.B im_version_string(3)
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returns a static string representing the vips version number, and the date
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when the library was built.
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The version number always has three parts, separated by '.' characters. The
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first part is the major release, the second the minor release (odd minor
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values denote development releases), and the third the micro version number.
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The version number and the date are separated by a '-' character.
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The value of this string is constructed in 'configure.in'.
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A typical value for tthe string might be "7.7.0-Thu Dec 16 18:10:01 GMT 1999".
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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The function returns 0 on success and non-zero on error.
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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National Gallery
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.SH AUTHOR
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J. Cupitt \- 15/12/99
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