[Ecls-list] how to get the version number from the ecl-console?

[Oliver Kullmann]

Thanks!!

Oliver


On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 08:03:00PM +0300, Stas Boukarev wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Oliver Kullmann
> <O.Kullmann at swansea.ac.uk> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > normally one would expect to be able to call
> >
> > ecl --version
> >
> > obtaining an answer like
> >
> > ECL version 8.12.0
> >
> > however such a functionality seems not to be available?
> >
> > It would seem to me rather a must-have. How else do I
> > automatically check whether an ecl-binary is working
> > and has the right version number?
> 
> $ ecl -eval "(progn (princ (lisp-implementation-version)) (terpri) (quit))"
> 
> -- 
> With Best Regards, Stas.