|   | embossversion | 
It is expected that this may have a use in scripts which automatically write descriptions of the state of the EMBOSS package that is set up locally.
It will also be a useful way for people to ascertain what version is being run if they are giving user-support to people in another site.
| % embossversion Writes the current EMBOSS version number 4.1.0 | 
| 
   Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers: (none)
   Additional (Optional) qualifiers:
   -full               boolean    Show all EMBOSS version information fields
   -outfile            outfile    [stdout] Output file name
   Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers: (none)
   Associated qualifiers:
   "-outfile" associated qualifiers
   -odirectory         string     Output directory
   General qualifiers:
   -auto               boolean    Turn off prompts
   -stdout             boolean    Write standard output
   -filter             boolean    Read standard input, write standard output
   -options            boolean    Prompt for standard and additional values
   -debug              boolean    Write debug output to program.dbg
   -verbose            boolean    Report some/full command line options
   -help               boolean    Report command line options. More
                                  information on associated and general
                                  qualifiers can be found with -help -verbose
   -warning            boolean    Report warnings
   -error              boolean    Report errors
   -fatal              boolean    Report fatal errors
   -die                boolean    Report dying program messages
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| Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers | Allowed values | Default | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (none) | |||
| Additional (Optional) qualifiers | Allowed values | Default | |
| -full | Show all EMBOSS version information fields | Boolean value Yes/No | No | 
| -outfile | Output file name | Output file | stdout | 
| Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers | Allowed values | Default | |
| (none) | |||
embossversion writes just the version number followed by a newline character to end the line.
The output is written to the screen by default, but can be written to a named file by using the '-outfile' option.
The version number is in three parts, separated by '.'s.
The first number is the major version number - this only changes when substantial changes have been made to the look-and-feel of EMBOSS.
The second number is the minor version number - this is incremented whenever a version is released.
The third number is usually '0' but if a minor bug fix has been released that does not warrant a minor version number, this will be incremented.
| Program name | Description | 
|---|---|
| embossdata | Finds or fetches data files read by EMBOSS programs |