Maybe I'm the only person who didn't know but it seems weird to me...

The version command in MorphOS 2.7 stops printing the version string after it encounters the end of the second numerical sequence.

So, a version string like this -

$VER: SuperProgram v1 created on this sunny 26th day of May 2011

gets output as -

SuperProgram v1 created on this sunny 26

What gives?

It's a "feature", $VER: strings are supposed to have a strict formatting, ie; "$VER: ProgramName Ver.Rev", then anything following that is considered extraneous information.

Your $VER: string is far from this formatting, and thus reveals the shortcut the Version command uses enforcing this formatting... ;)


- CISC

This applies to MorphOS version strings as well:
http://openamiga.org/?function=viewpage&pageid=16

(There are some slight differences, for example the leading \0 isn't strictly required, but is of course allowed)

[ Edited by Piru 26.05.2011 - 19:21 ]

Thanks for that. I've just been playing around with a text file and using a binary editor to put in the leading and trailing zeros. The openamiga.org reference mentions version strings with dates and a comment after the version and revision numbers. Given what CISC said, I guess that it's intended that the date and comment are not displayed?

That's interesting (at least to me)...

This string -

\0 $VER: SuperProgram 1.1 (11.11.1111) comment!\0

gets displayed as -

SuperProgram 1.1

But this string -

\0 $VER: SuperProgram v1.1 (11.11.1111) comment!\0

gets displayed as -

SuperProgram v1.1 (11.11.1111) comment!

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They are displayed if you use FULL/S option.

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The date is bogus there (earliest valid amiga date is 1.1.1978), but otherwise it's ok. Use FULL/S to see the full thing.

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Don't do that. Do not add any extra characters before the version number.


[ Edited by Piru 26.05.2011 - 23:47 ]