pymel.core.general.about

about(*args, **kwargs)

This command displays version information about the application if it is executed without flags. If one of the above flags is specified then the specified version information is returned.

Flags:
Long name (short name) Argument Types Properties
apiVersion (api) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Return the api version
application (a) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Return the application name string
batch (b) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Returns true if application is in batch mode.
buildDirectory (bd) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Return the build directory string
buildVariant (bv) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Return the build variant string
codeset (cs) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 

Returns a string identifying the codeset (codepage) of the locale that Maya is running in. Example return values include “UTF-8”, “ISO-8859-1”, “1252”. Note that the codeset values and naming conventions are highly platform dependent. They may differ in format even if they have the same meaning (e.g. “utf8” vs. “UTF-8”).

compositingManager (cm) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
On Linux, returns true if there is a compositing manager running; on all other platforms, it always returns true.
connected (cnt) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Return whether the user is connected or not to the Internet.
currentDate (cd) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Returns the current date in the format yyyy/mm/dd, e.g. 2003/05/04.
currentTime (ct) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Returns the current time in the format hh:mm:ss, e.g. 14:27:53.
cutIdentifier (c) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Return the cut string
date (d) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Return the build date string
environmentFile (env) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Return the location of the application defaults file.
evalVersion (ev) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Returns true if this is an eval version of the application.
file (f) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Return the file version string
fontInfo (foi) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Returns a string of the specifications of the fonts requested, and the specifications of the fonts that are actually being used.
helpDataDirectory (hdd) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Returns the help data directory.
installedVersion (iv) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Return the product version string
irix (ir) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Returns true if the operating system is Irix. Always false with support for Irix removed.
is64 (x64) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Returns true if the application is 64 bit.
languageResources (lr) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 

Returns a string array of the currently installed language resources. Each string entry consists of three elements delimited with a colon (‘:’). The first token is the locale code (ISO 639-1 language code followed by ISO 3166-1 country code). The second token is the language name in English. This third token is the alpha-3 code (ISO 639-2). For example English is represented as “en_US:English:enu”.

linux (li) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Returns true if the operating system is Linux.
linux64 (l64) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Returns true if the operating system is Linux 64 bit.
liveUpdate (lu) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Returns Autodesk formatted product information.Flag can appear in Create mode of commandFlag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
localizedResourceLocation (lrl) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 

Returns the path to the top level of the localized resource directory, if we are running in an alternate language. Returns an empty string if we are running in the default language.

macOS (mac) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Returns true if the operating system is Macintosh.
macOSppc (ppc) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Returns true if the operating system is a PowerPC Macintosh.
macOSx86 (x86) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Returns true if the operating system is an Intel Macintosh.
ntOS (nt) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Returns true if the operating system is Windows.
operatingSystem (os) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Returns the operating system type. Valid return types are “nt”, “win64”, “mac”, “linux” and “linux64”
operatingSystemVersion (osv) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Returns the operating system version. on Linux this returns the equivalent of uname -srvm
preferences (pd) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Return the location of the preferences directory.
product (p) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Return the license product name
qtVersion (qt) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Return Qt version string
uiLanguage (uil) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Returns the language that Maya’s running in. Example return values include “en_US” for English and “ja_JP” for Japanese.
uiLanguageIsLocalized (uii) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Returns true if we are running in an alternate language, not the default (English).
version (v) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Return the version string
win64 (w64) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Returns true if the operating system is Windows x64 based.
windowManager (wm) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Returns the name of the Window Manager that is assumed to be running.
windows (win) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Returns true if the operating system is Windows based.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.about

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

pm.about( )

version = pm.about(v=True)

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