DESCRIPTION

g.version prints to standard output the GRASS version number, date, the GRASS GIS copyright (-c flag), and GRASS build information (-b flag).

NOTES

This program requires no command line arguments; the user simply types g.version on the command line to see the version number and date of the GRASS GIS software currently being run by the user.

Information about GRASS GIS core GIS Library can be printed by -r flag.

Version numbers of additional libraries like PROJ, GDAL/OGR or GEOS are printed by -e flag.

See also function version() from Python Scripting Library.

import grass.script as gcore

print gcore.version()

EXAMPLES

Basic info

g.version 

GRASS 8.0.0alpha (2021)

GIS Library info

g.version -r

GRASS 8.0.0alpha (2021)
libgis revision: 1e0c11f52
libgis date: 2021-05-19T09:38:49+00:00

Full info in shell script style

g.version -rge

version=8.0.0alpha
date=2021
revision=d57f40906
build_date=2021-05-23
build_platform=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
build_off_t_size=8
libgis_revision=1e0c11f52
libgis_date=2021-05-19T09:38:49+00:00
proj=6.3.2
gdal=3.1.4
geos=3.8.1
sqlite=3.34.1

Note: if revision=exported is reported instead of the git hash then the git program was not available during compilation of GRASS GIS and the source code did not contain the .git/ subdirectory (requires e.g. to git clone the GRASS GIS software repository.)

Citing GRASS GIS

The GRASS Development Team has invested significant time and effort in creating GRASS GIS, please cite it when using it for data analysis. The GRASS GIS Web site offers citations in different styles.

AUTHORS

Michael Shapiro, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory
Extended info by Martin Landa, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic