get progress database version on Unix

Is there a simple Unix console command to determine which version of a Progress database is running? I have root access to the Unix console.

Thanks in advance on any guidance!

From serverfault Jorrit Reedijk

• If you look in your installation path's bin directory (usually $DLC/bin) you will find an executable called

  pro
  

  If you execute that with no parameters it should echo back some information like this, you'll notice that its letting us know the version near the end:

          @@@@@@   @@@@@@   @@@@@@@   @@@@@   @@@@@@   @@@@@@@   @@@@@    @@@@@
         @     @  @     @  @     @  @     @  @     @  @        @     @  @     @
        @     @  @     @  @     @  @        @     @  @        @        @
       @@@@@@   @@@@@@   @     @  @  @@@@  @@@@@@   @@@@@     @@@@@    @@@@@
      @        @   @    @     @  @     @  @   @    @              @        @
     @        @    @   @     @  @     @  @    @   @        @     @  @     @
    @        @     @  @@@@@@@   @@@@@   @     @  @@@@@@@   @@@@@    @@@@@
  
                             Progress Software Corporation
                                      14 Oak Park
                              Bedford, Massachusetts 01730
                                      781-280-4000
  
         PROGRESS is a registered trademark of Progress Software Corporation
                                Copyright 1984-2004
                          by Progress Software Corporation
                                All Rights Reserved
  
  OpenEdge Release 10.0B05 as of Sat Apr 15 00:44:33 EDT 2006
  

  P.S. I'm sorry you have to deal with progress.

  Jorrit Reedijk : Thanks for your reaction. On running the command I get a message "This version of PROGRESS requires a startup procedure. (495)". I know the the version has to go back at least 8 years, because that's how long the server is already running. P.S. Me too :)
  From Mark Turner

• In the BIN directory I have found some files using "ls pro*", including "proutil". This doesn't startup without a supplied databasename, but shows it's own version nevertheless.

  PROGRESS Version 8.3E as of Wed .... EST 2001 in my case.

  Mark Turner : Yeah that would do it. Sorry I didn't have any older Progress installs up anymore. I had a few Solaris 8 machine with progress running on them that had Progress 8. Now everything is on RHEL 4 or 5.
  From Jorrit Reedijk

• 1) There is a file called "version" in the installation directory ($DLC). The "pro" command cats this file on startup. You can too: cat $DLC/version

  2) There is also a command called "showcfg" which will provide all of your licensing data. "$DLC/bin/showcfg".

  From Tom Bascom

• BTW -- Progress version 8 dates from the mid 90s. 8.3E was one of the last patch releases to v8.

  From Tom Bascom