NAME

       g.version  - Displays GRASS GIS version info.
       Optionally also prints build or copyright information.

KEYWORDS

       general, support, citing, copyright, version, license

SYNOPSIS

       g.version
       g.version --help
       g.version [-cxbreg]  [--help]  [--verbose]  [--quiet]  [--ui]

   Flags:
       -c
           Print also the copyright message

       -x
           Print also the citation options

       -b
           Print also the build information

       -r
           Print also the GIS library revision number and date

       -e
           Print also extended info for additional libraries
           GDAL/OGR, PROJ.4, GEOS

       -g
           Print info in shell script style (including SVN revision number)

       --help
           Print usage summary

       --verbose
           Verbose module output

       --quiet
           Quiet module output

       --ui
           Force launching GUI dialog

DESCRIPTION

       g.version  prints  to  standard output the GRASS version number, date, the GRASS GIS copyright (-c flag),
       and GRASS build information (-b flag).

NOTES

       This program requires no command line arguments; the user simply types g.version on the command  line  to
       see the version number and date of the GRASS GIS software currently being run by the user.

       Information about GRASS GIS core GIS Library can be printed by -r flag.

       Version numbers of additional libraries like PROJ.4, GDAL/OGR or GEOS are printed by -e flag.

       See also function version() from Python Scripting Library.
       import grass.script as gcore
       print gcore.version()

EXAMPLES

   Basic info
       g.version
       GRASS 7.4.svn (2017)

   GIS Library info
       g.version -r
       GRASS 7.4.svn (2017)
       libgis Revision: 70829
       libgis Date: 2017-04-04 09:43:02 +0200 (Tue, 04 Apr 2017)

   Full info in shell script style
       g.version -rge
       version=7.4.svn
       date=2017
       revision=r71702M
       build_date=2017-11-12
       build_platform=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
       build_off_t_size=8
       libgis_revision=70829
       libgis_date="2017-04-04 09:43:02 +0200 (Tue, 04 Apr 2017) "
       proj4=4.9.3
       gdal=2.1.3
       geos=3.6.1
       sqlite=3.20.1

Citing GRASS GIS

       The GRASS Development Team has invested significant time and effort in creating GRASS GIS, please cite it
       when using it for data analysis.  The GRASS GIS Web site offers citations in different styles.

AUTHORS

       Michael Shapiro, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory
       Extended info by Martin Landa, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

       Last changed: $Date: 2017-11-12 20:37:57 +0100 (Sun, 12 Nov 2017) $

SOURCE CODE

       Available at: g.version source code (history)

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GRASS 7.4.0                                                                                    g.version(1grass)