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`doover`

Generate a function which returns AIPS++ version information.

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Description

doover generates C++ code which records version information found in $AIPSCODE/VERSION. It is intended to be used only by the AIPS++ makefiles (p

The C++ code defines the following external variables

const int aips_major_version; The AIPS++ major version number (see avers (p)).
const int aips_minor_version; The AIPS++ minor version number.
const int aips_patch_version; The AIPS++ patch version number.
const char* aips_version_date; The date on which this version was produced in AIPS++ date format (see adate (p)).
const char* aips_version_info; Any identifying version information.

and it also defines the following global function which reports the version information in a standard format:

   void report_aips_version(ostream &os)

Executables can access these external variables by virtue of declarations made in aips.h.

Options

None.

Notes

makefile.imp (p) uses doover to check and if necessary generate $LIBDBGD/version.o and $LIBOPTD/version.o whenever it builds a system object library. The version.o object modules are dependent on the $(AIPSCODE)/VERSION file. They are not inserted into the object library since that would cause all executables to be rebuilt.

Diagnostics

Status return values
0: success
1: initialization error
2: VERSION file not found

Examples

Typing

   void report_aips_version(ostream &os)

shows the code containing the version information derived from the current $(AIPSCODE)/VERSION.

Author

Original: 1996/02/29 by Mark Calabretta, ATNF.

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