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How can I get the Ruby version from within a Ruby script?

Paul

7/16/2007 2:52:00 PM

I want to log the current Ruby version to a log file along with the
script version, but I don't know how to get the Ruby version from
within a running script.

I tried:
puts system("ruby -v")

but that only returns "true" from within a script. (I see the correct
output when I run it in IRB, but the script doesn't capture that.)

I also tried :
puts Config::CONFIG["ruby_version"]

but that returns "1.8" and I would like "1.8.x".

Any suggestions? Please let me know. Thanks.
7 Answers

Phil Meier

7/16/2007 3:13:00 PM

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Paul schrieb:
> I want to log the current Ruby version to a log file along with the
> script version, but I don't know how to get the Ruby version from
> within a running script.

Just use constant RUBY_VERSION.

puts RUBY_VERSION
=> 1.8.6

John Joyce

7/16/2007 3:48:00 PM

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On Jul 16, 2007, at 9:55 AM, Paul wrote:

> I want to log the current Ruby version to a log file along with the
> script version, but I don't know how to get the Ruby version from
> within a running script.
>
> I tried:
> puts system("ruby -v")
>
> but that only returns "true" from within a script. (I see the correct
> output when I run it in IRB, but the script doesn't capture that.)
>
> I also tried :
> puts Config::CONFIG["ruby_version"]
>
> but that returns "1.8" and I would like "1.8.x".
>
> Any suggestions? Please let me know. Thanks.
>
>
the constant VERSION will return the version number (only)
puts "Ruby version #{VERSION}"

Stefano Crocco

7/16/2007 3:48:00 PM

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Alle lunedì 16 luglio 2007, Paul ha scritto:
> I want to log the current Ruby version to a log file along with the
> script version, but I don't know how to get the Ruby version from
> within a running script.
>
> I tried:
> puts system("ruby -v")
>
> but that only returns "true" from within a script. (I see the correct
> output when I run it in IRB, but the script doesn't capture that.)
>
> I also tried :
> puts Config::CONFIG["ruby_version"]
>
> but that returns "1.8" and I would like "1.8.x".
>
> Any suggestions? Please let me know. Thanks.

You can try

puts(RUBY_VERSION)

By the way, if you need to get the output of an external command, you need to
use `cmd`, instead of system("cmd").

Stefano

Axel Etzold

7/16/2007 3:58:00 PM

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Paul,

this works for me:

result= `ruby -v`
p 'my result'
p result

Best regards,

Axel
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Paul Knight

7/16/2007 5:11:00 PM

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On Jul 16, 2007, at 8:57 AM, Axel Etzold wrote:

> this works for me:
>
> result= `ruby -v`
> p 'my result'
> p result

Unfortunately, this grabs the version of some Ruby, not necessarily
the one currently running. The RUBY_VERSION constant is what you
probably want.

Paul Knight (A different Paul than the OP)

Paul

7/16/2007 5:17:00 PM

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On Jul 16, 11:13 am, Phil Meier wrote:
>
> Just use constant RUBY_VERSION.
>
> puts RUBY_VERSION
> => 1.8.6

That's perfect! Thank you.

I don't know why Google didn't turn that up anywhere. I even checked
the Pickaxe book but I didn't find it under "V" for 'version'.

Cheers!

Robert Klemme

7/16/2007 5:42:00 PM

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On 16.07.2007 19:16, Paul wrote:
> On Jul 16, 11:13 am, Phil Meier wrote:
>> Just use constant RUBY_VERSION.
>>
>> puts RUBY_VERSION
>> => 1.8.6
>
> That's perfect! Thank you.
>
> I don't know why Google didn't turn that up anywhere. I even checked
> the Pickaxe book but I didn't find it under "V" for 'version'.

Since the version is a good candidate for a constant you can try this:

Robert@Babelfish2 ~
$ ruby -e 'Object.constants.sort.each {|c| cv=Object.const_get(c); print
c, "=", cv, "\n" unless Module === cv}'
ARGF=ARGF
ARGV=
ENV=ENV
FALSE=false
NIL=nil
PLATFORM=i386-cygwin
RELEASE_DATE=2007-03-13
RUBY_PATCHLEVEL=0
RUBY_PLATFORM=i386-cygwin
RUBY_RELEASE_DATE=2007-03-13
RUBY_VERSION=1.8.6
STDERR=#<IO:0x100362d0>
STDIN=#<IO:0x100362f8>
STDOUT=#<IO:0x100362e4>
TOPLEVEL_BINDING=#<Binding:0x100302a4>
TRUE=true
VERSION=1.8.6

Robert@Babelfish2 ~
$

Or just use IRB.

Kind regards

robert