Add -version option

Signed-off-by: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com>

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/man/xconsole.man b/man/xconsole.man
index 63e795f..07476c0 100644
--- a/man/xconsole.man
+++ b/man/xconsole.man
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ lines of message history instead of growing the text buffer without bound
 (a
 .I count
 of zero \- the default \- is treated as placing no limit on the history).
+.TP 8
+.B \-version
+This option indicates that \fIxconsole\fP should print its version and exit.
 .SH X DEFAULTS
 This program uses the
 .I Athena Text
diff --git a/xconsole.c b/xconsole.c
index 3a0020f..f3c2bab 100644
--- a/xconsole.c
+++ b/xconsole.c
@@ -617,6 +617,13 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     XtSetLanguageProc(NULL,NULL,NULL);
     top = XtInitialize ("xconsole", "XConsole", options, XtNumber (options),
 			&argc, argv);
+    if ((argc == 2) &&
+         ((strcmp(argv[1], "-version") == 0) ||
+          (strcmp(argv[1], "--version") == 0))) {
+        puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
+        exit(0);
+    }
+
     XtGetApplicationResources (top, (XtPointer)&app_resources, resources,
 			       XtNumber (resources), NULL, 0);