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open VMS version #

Asif_8 — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 16:27:03 GMT

How to find VMS version or makesur that is

openvms 7.3-1 or openvms 7.3-2

Re: open VMS version #

Bojan Nemec — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 16:28:42 GMT

Asif,

Just type:

$ SHOW SYSTEM/NOPROC

Bojan

Re: open VMS version #

Asif_8 — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 16:30:49 GMT

this is command show me 7.3 not show this is 7.3-1 or 7.3-2

penVMS V7.3 on node ALPHA1 8-FEB-2005 16:30:15.59 Uptime 2 13:13:16

Re: open VMS version #

Bojan Nemec — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 16:36:51 GMT

Asif,

This means that you have OpenVMS 7.3
Which is the version which commes before 7.3-1.

Bojan

Re: open VMS version #

Robert Gezelter — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 16:59:01 GMT

Asif,

If you are doing this from a DCL procedure, you want the lexical function F$GETSYI, as shown by the following example:

$ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT F$GETSYI("VERSION")

Be careful when parsing the output, there are a variety of version tags out there including:
- field test identifiers
- x.y-z releases
- xHy releases (e.g., 6.2-1H3)

My recollection is that there MAY be a writeup in one of the manuals, possibly the PCSI Manual, about parsing the results of a version number query (my apologies, I do not have the reference at hand at this instant).

I hope that the above is helpful.

- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com

Re: open VMS version #

Antoniov. — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 02:32:52 GMT

Asif,
Bojan told you the exact command. On my system I can see V7.3-2.

Antonio Vigliotti

Re: open VMS version #

Mobeen_1 — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 03:01:40 GMT

Asif,
There are a few ways to do this, the easiest are the following

1. DCL (As suggested by Robert)

$ Ver = F$GETSYI("VERSION")
$ sy sym Ver

2. Do the following
$ show sys/page
(on the top left side of your screen
just below PID and Process.. you can see
the version of VMS being run)

regards
Mobeen

Re: open VMS version #

Mobeen_1 — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 03:03:42 GMT

Asif,
Bojan is right .. see the same command from one of my OpenVMS 7.3-1 servers below

NODE1>> show sys/noproc
OpenVMS V7.3-1 on node NODE1 9-FEB-2005 03:03:20.84 Uptime 23 03:20:01

regards
Mobeen