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Re: asadmin version cmd

From: Ludovic Champenois <Ludovic.Champenois_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 12:01:31 -0800

kedar wrote:
>
>> https://glassfish.dev.java.net/nonav/javaee5/api/s1as-javadocs/com/sun/appserv/server/util/Version.html
>>
>>
>>
> Thanks Ludo, for the link.
>> but...
>>> This class exposes various methods to get things like: full-version
>>> (which asadmin displays), major version, minor version, build id etc.
>>> I think you should rely on it.
>>
>> I remember that you need more than appserv-ext.jar jar in your
>> classpath for EE detection, making this api not really stable as the
>> output varies based on you class path...
> Not any more ... We are changing the version string as follows:
> "Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 b-xxx"
>
> In other words, no consideration of the "Edition".
> (Don't quote me on it, but it is true ;) )
>
> This is of course true for *GlassFish distribution* as of now.
i.e AS 9.0 FCS and AS 9.0U1 FCS as well?
Ludo
>
>
> Thanks,
> Kedar
>
>>
>> Unless I am wrong?
>> Ludo
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Kedar
>>>
>>> Cathy Mucci wrote:
>>>>
>>>> We are looking for ways to programatically determine the version of
>>>> AppServer installed on various platforms/servers.
>>>>
>>>> Is the the output returned from the asadmin version command is
>>>> parsable?
>>>> Is it localized text? In other words, is there an option to guarantee
>>>> the output text that can be parsed by a script and work in any locale?
>>>>
>>>> Your feedback is appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>> Cathy Mucci
>>>>
>>>>
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