Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!panews.awdpa.ibm.com!ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com!marc From: marc@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com (Marc Pawliger) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix Subject: determining '6000 s/w version numbers (was Re: "emacs" terminfo) Message-ID: <1991Feb5.132109@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com> Date: 5 Feb 91 21:21:09 GMT References: <793@anaxagoras.ils.nwu.edu> <1991Feb4.095119@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com> <1991Feb5.071911.3676@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz> Sender: news@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com (news id) Reply-To: marc@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com (Marc Pawliger) Organization: IBM Advanced Workstations Division, Palo Alto Lines: 31 In article <1991Feb5.071911.3676@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz>, gmoff@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Moffat) writes: > marc@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com (Marc Pawliger) writes: > > >You can find out the version number of your system by running the command > >'lslpp -h bos.obj'. lslpp lists the Licensed Program Products on your system. > >-h means include the history and bos.obj is the Base Operating System objects. > >Anyway, the last line of the output should be something like: > > >ACTIVE COMMIT MM/DD/YY 03.01.XXXX.YYYY userid > > >The MM/DD/YY is the date the BOS update was applied and XXXX is the update > >level of the AIX 3.1 product. > > Presumably this means 03.01.0001.0003 is what's colloquially known as 3001? > We believe we need 3003 to run our 730 successfully, would this show as > 03.01.0003.yyyy? What is the yyyy part? > -Just a little curious Sorry, I should have been a little more explicit. The colloquial 3001 would appear as 03.01.0001.YYYY, and 3003 03.01.0003.YYYY. 03 is the major release number, 01 the minor and 0001, etc. the update level. I don't know what the YYYY part is, but it does not appear significant in determining what version of software you are running. +--Marc Pawliger----IBM Advanced Workstations Division----Palo Alto, CA---+ | Internet: marc@ibminet.awdpa.ibm.com VNET: MARCP at AUSVM6 | | UUCP: uunet!ibminet.awdpa.ibm.com!marc Phone: (415) 855-3493 | +-----IBMinet: marc@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com----------IBM T/L: 465-3493------+ As always, these are my opinions, not IBM's etc etc etc