VERSTRING(1)                                                  VERSTRING(1)



NAME
       versstring - produce version identification string

SYNOPSIS
       versstring [ -[c  f  l] ] PROGRAM

DESCRIPTION
       Versstring  outputs a string made up of the SGS version name, the cur-
       rent  user's  login  identifier,  and  the  current  time   and   date.
       Versstring may only be used within an SGS project.

       The  output  of  versstring  has  the  following  format: PROGRAM::prog
       PROJECT::proj&vers  DEVELOPER::bob  BUILT::Thu Dec 31  ...   prog  is  the
       command line argument PROGRAM, proj&vers is the name of the SGS version
       root, and bob is the user who built this version.

       If the -c option is used, the output is formed as a C  declaration  for
       the  global  character  array  SGSVERS.  If the -l option is used, the
       output is formed like the -c option, but  "PROGRAM"  is  replaced  with
       "LIBRARY" and the declaration is static.  If the -f option is used, the
       output is simply the program name and suffixed with the current version
       number of the SGS version root.

       Versstring  is  typically  used  within  makefiles  with  a rule like:
       vers.c: ${OBJS}      versstring -c ${PROGRAM} >vers.c



                                  5 July 1987                   VERSTRING(1)