how do i check the program version that i am running?

[neorder]

:) this is important, isn't it?

like how do i check my cdtools version? RPM version?

thanks in advance.

[OmarSerenity]

Most programs have a --version or -v flag (sometimes -v is reserved for 'verbose' instead, so do a 'man <whatever program>' to check).

[root@localhost omar]# cdrecord --version
Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a18-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2003 Jörg Schilling
Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support
Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original.
Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to <warly@mandrakesoft.com>.
Note: The author of cdrecord is not to be bothered with problems in this version.
[root@localhost omar]# rpm --version
RPM version 4.2
[root@localhost omar]# gaim --version
Gaim 0.74


On an RPM-based distro, you can also do:[root@localhost omar]# rpm -qa | grep cdrecord
cdrecord-2.01-0.a18.2mdk