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democrite · 11-13-2019, 07:59 PM

Hello,

is there a quicker way to get the version number from the command-line, Python, or some other way such as reading some json value? Reporting the version from "calibre --version" takes a bit of time and I'd prefer something quicker like parsing json.

11-13-2019, 07:59 PM	#8
democrite Evangelist Posts: 441 Karma: 77256 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: none	Hello, is there a quicker way to get the version number from the command-line, Python, or some other way such as reading some json value? Reporting the version from "calibre --version" takes a bit of time and I'd prefer something quicker like parsing json.