about

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Synopsis

about [-apiVersion] [-application] [-batch] [-buildDirectory] [-codeset] [-currentDate] [-currentTime] [-cutIdentifier] [-date] [-environmentFile] [-evalVersion] [-file] [-irix] [-is64] [-linux] [-linux64] [-localizedResourceLocation] [-macOS] [-macOSppc] [-macOSx86] [-ntOS] [-operatingSystem] [-operatingSystemVersion] [-product] [-uiLanguage] [-uiLanguageIsLocalized] [-version] [-win64] [-windows]

about is undoable, queryable, and editable.

Return value

string The application's version information.

In query mode, return type is based on queried flag.

Related

Flags

Long name (short name)	argument types	Properties
-cutIdentifier(-c)
Return the cut string
-version(-v)
Return the version string
-apiVersion(-api)
Return the api version
-file(-f)
Return the file version string
-product(-p)
Return the license product name
-date(-d)
Return the build date string
-application(-a)
Return the application name string
-buildDirectory(-bd)
Return the build directory string
-environmentFile(-env)
Return the location of the application defaults file.
-operatingSystem(-os)
Returns the operating system type. Valid return types are "nt", "win64", "mac", "linux" and "linux64"
-operatingSystemVersion(-osv)
Returns the operating system version. on Linux this returns the equivalent of uname -srvm
-ntOS(-nt)
Returns true if the operating system is Windows.
-windows(-win)
Returns true if the operating system is Windows based.
-win64(-w64)
Returns true if the operating system is Windows x64 based.
-irix(-ir)
Returns true if the operating system is Irix. Always false with support for Irix removed.
-evalVersion(-ev)
Returns true if this is an eval version of the application.
-linux(-li)
Returns true if the operating system is Linux.
-linux64(-l64)
Returns true if the operating system is Linux 64 bit.
-batch(-b)
Returns true if application is in batch mode.
-macOS(-mac)
Returns true if the operating system is Macintosh.
-macOSppc(-ppc)
Returns true if the operating system is a PowerPC Macintosh.
-macOSx86(-x86)
Returns true if the operating system is an Intel Macintosh.
-currentDate(-cd)
Returns the current date in the format yyyy/mm/dd, e.g. 2003/05/04.
-currentTime(-ct)
Returns the current time in the format hh:mm:ss, e.g. 14:27:53.
-is64(-x64)
Returns true if the application is 64 bit.
-uiLanguage(-uil)
Returns the language that Maya's running in. Example return values include "en_US" for English and "ja_JP" for Japanese.
-uiLanguageIsLocalized(-uii)
Returns true if we are running in an alternate language, not the default (English).
-localizedResourceLocation(-lrl)
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.
-codeset(-cs)
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").

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 be used more than once in a command

MEL examples

about;

string $version = `about -v`;