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# $EPIC: info_function.txt,v 1.2 2006/08/01 03:40:36 sthalik Exp $

Synopsis:

$info(c|o|s|v|r|i)

Technical:

This function returns information about how the client was compiled.

Practical:

This function is used to fetch information stored in the client at compile time. It can be used to find out who compiled it, and when; what #define options were enabled; and to get the checksums of the binary.

Returns:

requested information

Options:

c   user@machine that compiled client, and time of compilation
i   value of commit_id (incremented every time a change is made to
       epic's source).
m   if the new math parser is being used, 1, if the old math parser, 0
o   compile-time options used
r   the "silly name" (or, "ridiculous name") for this release of epic.
s   binary checksums
v   client version, in the form "class major minor"
w   local variables (always 1)

Examples:

$info(c)   might return "Compiled by root@foobar on Fri Jan 3 1997 at 01:56:24 CST"
$info(i)   might return "202"
$info(m)   might return "0"
$info(o)   might return "2aefgknvzc"
$info(r)   might return "Perspicacious"
$info(s)   might return "1138232081      989 info.c.sh"
$info(v)   might return "epic4 1 0"
$info(w)   will return  "1"