WelcomeWelcome | FAQFAQ | DownloadsDownloads | WikiWiki

Author Topic: How do I know which version of TCL I'm running  (Read 2423 times)

Offline schultzter

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 25
    • Blog
How do I know which version of TCL I'm running
« on: October 17, 2010, 04:17:05 PM »
I started using TC 3.1 and then upgraded when 3.2 came-out (just copied the bzImage and tinycore.gz files in the boot directory - I hope that was right).

But is there any way for me to see from a running system which version of Tiny Core I'm running?

I've tried a few variations on the uname command; and poked around the mounted USB drive I'm running off, but no VERSION file or anything.

Thanks,
Headed for the second star to the right and straight on 'til morning...

Offline tinypoodle

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3857
Re: How do I know which version of TCL I'm running
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2010, 04:22:56 PM »
Code: [Select]
version   ;)
"Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster." Niklaus Wirth - A Plea for Lean Software (1995)

Offline maro

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1228
Re: How do I know which version of TCL I'm running
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2010, 04:54:46 PM »
Quote
(just copied the bzImage and tinycore.gz files in the boot directory - I hope that was right)
Nothing wrong with this, just that the 'bzImage' file would have been unchanged anyway. The kernel version is expected to remain un-changed within the TC 3.x series and an update of 'bzImage' (i.e. kernel rebuild) would be announced in the release notes. IIRC there was only one rebuild of the kernel during the TC 2.x phase, so it's not happening too often. But once again, you did the right steps just one being slightly redundant.

Offline schultzter

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 25
    • Blog
Re: How do I know which version of TCL I'm running
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2010, 09:02:37 AM »
Cool, thanks @tinypoodle, the version command did exactly what I wanted.

And thanks for the tip @maro about upgrading.  I'll try to remember that!
Headed for the second star to the right and straight on 'til morning...