Section 1 · User commands

openssl-version.1ossl

Package: openssl

OPENSSL-VERSION

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
NOTES
COPYRIGHT


NAME

openssl−version − print OpenSSL version information

SYNOPSIS

openssl version [−help] [−a] [−v] [−b] [−o] [−f] [−p] [−d] [−e] [−m] [−r] [−c]

DESCRIPTION

This command is used to print out version information about OpenSSL.

OPTIONS

−help

Print out a usage message.

−aAll information, this is the same as setting all the other flags.
−vThe current OpenSSL version.
−bThe date the current version of OpenSSL was built.
−oOption information: various options set when the library was built.
−fCompilation flags.
−pPlatform setting.
−dOPENSSLDIR setting.
−eENGINESDIR settings.
−mMODULESDIR settings.
−rThe random number generator source settings.
−cThe OpenSSL CPU settings info.

NOTES

The output of “openssl version −a” would typically be used when sending in a bug report.

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