Puppy version applet

[GMMan_]

Here's a little program that I wrote as a practice in Perl that will check for the version in Puppy. It's not really efficient (doesn't use lots of variables that some built in commands throw in), but it should work. Please report any bugs or suggestions. Thanks and enjoy.

Instructions for installing: Just place in one of Puppy's many bin locations (my favorite is /usr/bin). The file should be marked executable when you get it, but in case it's not, make it executable by issuing 'chmod a+x pupver' to make executable.

Instruction for using: Open the console and type 'pupver' to run.

[alienjeff]

Instruction for using: Open the console and type 'pupver' to run.

Pre-existing methodology not requiring download bandwidth, installation nor storage:

Open a console and type:

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cat /etc/puppyversion

Or click the "Help" icon on your desktop.

[GMMan_]

I still find the applet a bit easier... and have a better display.

[richard.a]

I still find the applet a bit easier... and have a better display.

I like it Thank you for producing it.

hosted (in Australia) at http://micro-hard.homelinux.net/puppy/d ... ver.tar.gz

It will also work off a menu call if you would like it to do so. Probably the best spot could be the Settings menu, and I think it would be useful to have it in the master code for the menu.



Edit
This is what it looks like on a copy of 2.02mini (retro) which I've been "adjusting" to look nicer on older machines...

There are several other captures in the same directory

Richard

[richard.a]

I discovered that on installed puppies it would not run because of the lack of an /initrd directory off the root.

A snoop around discovered that on both live and and installed systems, there is an existing file called /etc/puppyversion (note lower case) that can be used just as well.

I've tried this out on 2.02, 2.02r2 (MiniPup), 2.10pro, 2.11, 2.15ce, 2.15ez, 2.16ez, and 300 'vanilla'. Works.

I've put a zip up here...http://micro-hard.homelinux.net/puppy/downloads/pupver-new.tar.gz for anyone interested.

Copying the script to /usr/bin saves having to put a path in too.

Richard

[Lobster]

It's not really efficient

Pah - you is learning Perl (more than I could do . . . I did try)

Here is my attempt at usable info + presentation in one line of Bash

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echo ; cat /etc/puppyversion ; echo ' is your Puppy Linux Version number' ; echo

[Pizzasgood]

cli:

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PUPVER=`cat /etc/puppyversion`;echo "You are running Puppy $PUPVER"

con gui:

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PUPVER=`cat /etc/puppyversion`;Xdialog --title "Puppy Version" --msgbox "You are running Puppy $PUPVER" 0 0

spam:

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PUPVER=`cat /etc/puppyversion`;while [ 1 ]; do echo "You are running Puppy $PUPVER"; done

(ctrl-c will make it shut up)