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+## Copyright (C) 2005-2012 William Poetra Yoga Hadisoeseno
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
+##
+## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+## the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+## your option) any later version.
+##
+## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+## General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, see
+## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} ver ()
+## Display a header containing the current Octave version number, license
+## string and operating system, followed by the installed package names,
+## versions, and installation directories.
+##
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {v =} ver ()
+## Return a vector of structures, respecting Octave and each installed package.
+## The structure includes the following fields.
+##
+## @table @code
+## @item Name
+## Package name.
+##
+## @item Version
+## Version of the package.
+##
+## @item Revision
+## Revision of the package.
+##
+## @item Date
+## Date respecting the version/revision.
+## @end table
+##
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {v =} ver ("Octave")
+## Return version information for Octave only.
+##
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {v =} ver (@var{package})
+## Return version information for @var{package}.
+##
+## @seealso{version, octave_config_info}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: William Poetra Yoga Hadisoeseno <williampoetra@gmail.com>
+
+function varargout = ver (package = "")
+
+ if (nargin > 1)
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+ ## Start with the version info for Octave
+ ret = struct ("Name", "Octave", "Version", version,
+ "Release", [], "Date", []);
+
+ ## Add the installed packages
+ lst = pkg ("list");
+ for i = 1:length (lst)
+ ret(end+1) = struct ("Name", lst{i}.name, "Version", lst{i}.version,
+ "Release", [], "Date", lst{i}.date);
+ endfor
+
+ if (nargout == 0)
+ octave_license = license ();
+
+ [unm, status] = uname ();
+
+ if (status < 0)
+ os_string = "unknown";
+ else
+ os_string = sprintf ("%s %s %s %s", unm.sysname, unm.release,
+ unm.version, unm.machine);
+ endif
+
+ hbar(1:70) = "-";
+ ver_line1 = "GNU Octave Version ";
+ ver_line2 = "GNU Octave License: ";
+ ver_line3 = "Operating System: ";
+
+ ver_desc = sprintf ("%s\n%s%s\n%s%s\n%s%s\n%s\n", hbar, ver_line1, version,
+ ver_line2, octave_license, ver_line3, os_string, hbar);
+
+ puts (ver_desc);
+
+ pkg ("list");
+ else
+ if (! isempty (package))
+ n = [];
+ for r = 1:numel(ret)
+ if (strcmpi (ret(r).Name, package))
+ n = r;
+ break;
+ endif
+ endfor
+ ret = ret(n);
+ endif
+ varargout{1} = ret;
+ endif
+
+endfunction
+
+%!test
+%! result = ver;
+%! assert (result(1).Name, "Octave")
+%! assert (result(1).Version, version)
+%! result = ver ("octave");
+%! assert (result(1).Name, "Octave")
+%! assert (result(1).Version, version)
+
+%!test
+%! lst = pkg ("list");
+%! for n=1:numel(lst)
+%! expected = lst{n}.name;
+%! result = ver (expected);
+%! assert (result.Name, expected);
+%! assert (isfield (result, "Version"), true);
+%! assert (isfield (result, "Release"), true);
+%! assert (isfield (result, "Date"), true);
+%! endfor
+