about

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Synopsis

about([apiVersion=boolean], [application=boolean], [batch=boolean], [buildDirectory=boolean], [buildVariant=boolean], [codeset=boolean], [compositingManager=boolean], [connected=boolean], [currentDate=boolean], [currentTime=boolean], [cutIdentifier=boolean], [date=boolean], [environmentFile=boolean], [evalVersion=boolean], [file=boolean], [fontInfo=boolean], [helpDataDirectory=boolean], [installedVersion=boolean], [irix=boolean], [is64=boolean], [languageResources=boolean], [linux=boolean], [linux64=boolean], [liveUpdate=boolean], [localizedResourceLocation=boolean], [ltVersion=boolean], [macOS=boolean], [macOSppc=boolean], [macOSx86=boolean], [ntOS=boolean], [operatingSystem=boolean], [operatingSystemVersion=boolean], [preferences=boolean], [product=boolean], [qtVersion=boolean], [uiLanguage=boolean], [uiLanguageIsLocalized=boolean], [version=boolean], [win64=boolean], [windowManager=boolean], [windows=boolean])

Note: Strings representing object names and arguments must be separated by commas. This is not depicted in the synopsis.

about is undoable, NOT queryable, and NOT editable.

Return value

Related

Flags

Long name (short name)	Argument types	Properties
cutIdentifier(c)	boolean
Return the cut string
version(v)	boolean
Return the version string
installedVersion(iv)	boolean
Return the product version string
qtVersion(qt)	boolean
Return Qt version string
apiVersion(api)	boolean
Return the api version
file(f)	boolean
Return the file version string
product(p)	boolean
Return the license product name
date(d)	boolean
Return the build date string
application(a)	boolean
Return the application name string
buildDirectory(bd)	boolean
Return the build directory string
buildVariant(bv)	boolean
Return the build variant string
environmentFile(env)	boolean
Return the location of the application defaults file.
preferences(pd)	boolean
Return the location of the preferences directory.
operatingSystem(os)	boolean
Returns the operating system type. Valid return types are "nt", "win64", "mac", "linux" and "linux64"
operatingSystemVersion(osv)	boolean
Returns the operating system version. on Linux this returns the equivalent of uname -srvm
ntOS(nt)	boolean
Returns true if the operating system is Windows.
windows(win)	boolean
Returns true if the operating system is Windows based.
win64(w64)	boolean
Returns true if the operating system is Windows x64 based.
irix(ir)	boolean
Returns true if the operating system is Irix. Always false with support for Irix removed.
evalVersion(ev)	boolean
Returns true if this is an eval version of the application.
ltVersion(lt)	boolean
Returns true if this is the Maya LT version of the application.
linux(li)	boolean
Returns true if the operating system is Linux.
linux64(l64)	boolean
Returns true if the operating system is Linux 64 bit.
batch(b)	boolean
Returns true if application is in batch mode.
macOS(mac)	boolean
Returns true if the operating system is Macintosh.
macOSppc(ppc)	boolean
Returns true if the operating system is a PowerPC Macintosh.
macOSx86(x86)	boolean
Returns true if the operating system is an Intel Macintosh.
currentDate(cd)	boolean
Returns the current date in the format yyyy/mm/dd, e.g. 2003/05/04.
currentTime(ct)	boolean
Returns the current time in the format hh:mm:ss, e.g. 14:27:53.
is64(x64)	boolean
Returns true if the application is 64 bit.
uiLanguage(uil)	boolean
Returns the language that Maya's running in. Example return values include "en_US" for English and "ja_JP" for Japanese.
uiLanguageIsLocalized(uii)	boolean
Returns true if we are running in an alternate language, not the default (English).
localizedResourceLocation(lrl)	boolean
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.
languageResources(lr)	boolean
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".
codeset(cs)	boolean
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").
fontInfo(foi)	boolean
Returns a string of the specifications of the fonts requested, and the specifications of the fonts that are actually being used.
windowManager(wm)	boolean
Returns the name of the Window Manager that is assumed to be running.
compositingManager(cm)	boolean
On Linux, returns true if there is a compositing manager running; on all other platforms, it always returns true.
connected(cnt)	boolean
Return whether the user is connected or not to the Internet.
helpDataDirectory(hdd)	boolean
Returns the help data directory.
liveUpdate(lu)	boolean
Returns Autodesk formatted product information.

Flag can appear in Create mode of command	Flag can appear in Edit mode of command
Flag can appear in Query mode of command	Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Python examples

import maya.cmds as cmds

cmds.about( )

version = cmds.about(v=True)