version¶

NAME¶

openssl-version, version - print OpenSSL version information

SYNOPSIS¶

openssl version [-a] [-v] [-b] [-o] [-f] [-p] [-d]

DESCRIPTION¶

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

OPTIONS¶

• -a

  all information, this is the same as setting all the other flags.

• -v

  the current OpenSSL version.

• -b

  the date the current version of OpenSSL was built.

• -o

  option information: various options set when the library was built.

• -f

  compilation flags.

• -p

  platform setting.

• -d

  OPENSSLDIR setting.

NOTES¶

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

HISTORY¶

The -d option was added in OpenSSL 0.9.7.