| .TH IM_VERSION 3 "15 December 1999" |
| .SH NAME |
| im_version, im_version_string \- return VIPS version info |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .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) |
| returns the major version number if |
| .B flag |
| == 0, the minor version number if |
| .B flag |
| == 1, and the micro version number if |
| .B flag |
| == 2. |
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| Major versions are supposed to represent very large changes to the |
| library, minor versions indicate steady improvements (with odd minor |
| versions indicating unstable and undocumented development releases), |
| and micro versions indicating bug-fixes. |
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| .B im_version_string(3) |
| returns a static string representing the vips version number, and the date |
| when the library was built. |
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| The version number always has three parts, separated by '.' characters. The |
| first part is the major release, the second the minor release (odd minor |
| 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 |
| The function returns 0 on success and non-zero on error. |
| .SH COPYRIGHT |
| National Gallery |
| .SH AUTHOR |
| J. Cupitt \- 15/12/99 |
