Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 16:29:36 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Rylan <rylan AT inbtekom DOT co DOT za>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Getting the GCC version
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On Wed, 16 Sep 1998, Rylan wrote:

> I am wondering - is there a command line switch I can call GCC with that
> will identify the GCC version - I think I still have an older one and I just
> want to check if this so - I then want to go to 2.8.1 if I am behind - how
> can I check my current GCC's version?

Add -v to the compiler switches.  This switch not only causes gcc.exe to 
print its version, it also gets passed down to all the programs gcc 
invokes, and they also print their versions, so you can see if you have 
some mix of older and newer releases.