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33 .Nd Shows general program information
36 .Op Ar authors | license | version
40 command provides generic information about the
43 In the default synopsis form (no arguments), the information printed
47 The name of the package, which is
50 The version number, which is
57 A link to the project web site.
60 You can customize the information printed by this command by specifying
61 the desired topic as the single argument to the command.
63 .Bl -tag -width authorsXX
65 Displays the list of authors and contributors only.
67 Displays the license information and the list of copyrights.
69 Displays the package name and the version number in a format that is
70 compatible with the output of GNU tools that support a
73 Use this whenever you have to query the version number of the package.
76 The following files are read by the
80 .It Pa __DOCDIR__/AUTHORS
81 List of authors and contributors.
82 .It Pa __DOCDIR__/COPYING
88 command always returns 0.
90 Additional exit codes may be returned as described in