The s6 command
s6-frontend
Software
skarnet.org

The s6 version command

s6 version groups actions related to printing information about the current version and configuration of s6-frontend.

Interface

     s6 version subcommand [ subcommand_options... ] [ args... ]

• s6 v is accepted as an alias for s6 version.
• s6 version without a subcommand is equivalent to s6 version show.

Subcommands

help

s6 process help prints a short help message summarizing the options and usage of the s6 process command. It is not as detailed as this page.

show

Interface

     s6 version show

• s6 version show prints s6-frontend v followed by the current running version of s6-frontend, then a newline.

export

Interface

     s6 version export [ -q ]

• s6 version export prints a series of key=value lines, representing the version and configuration data for the current running version of s6-frontend.
• Keys are: version, then all the variables that are supported in the configuration file.

Options

-q, --quote

Quote the printed paths. This is useful e.g. if the paths contain spaces and you're reading the output of s6 version export in a shell.