id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
1216	Request for -version option for all command-line executables	Michael Wood-Vasey	welling	"I would like to request for a

--version  

option be added to all command-line executables in IPP.  This could print out what is already printed out in the first few lines of running a lot of the executables.  E.g.

pswarp --version

    psLib trunk/psconfig@23595M from 60eb6cdc-a59c-4636-a4e0-dba66a9721fd, built Mar 30 2009, 14:01:48 with cfitsio-3.100 gsl-1.11 fftw-3.0.1 mysql-5.0.22 optimised without trace
    psModules trunk/psconfig@23595M from 60eb6cdc-a59c-4636-a4e0-dba66a9721fd, b
uilt Mar 30 2009, 14:02:51 optimised without nebclient
    psphot trunk/psconfig@23595M from 60eb6cdc-a59c-4636-a4e0-dba66a9721fd, built Mar 30 2009, 14:06:19 optimised with libkapa
    ppStats trunk/psconfig@23595M from 60eb6cdc-a59c-4636-a4e0-dba66a9721fd, built Mar 30 2009, 14:06:03 optimised
    pswarp trunk@23595 from 60eb6cdc-a59c-4636-a4e0-dba66a9721fd, built Mar 30 2009, 14:10:52 optimised

as is currently spit out.  Although I think I would request that the order be reversed.  Spit out version information for calling executable first and then trace down.

The priority would be the ones we use a lot like pswarp, psphot, ppSub, ppStack, etc., but also things like ppConfigDump and other lower-level routines."	enhancement	assigned	normal		misc		major			welling Paul Price