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28.Dd May 20, 2015
29.Dt KYUA-ABOUT 1
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm "kyua about"
33.Nd Shows detailed authors, license, and version information
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.Nm
36.Op Ar authors | license | version
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The
39.Sq about
40command provides generic information about the
41.Xr kyua 1
42tool.
43In the default synopsis form (no arguments), the information printed
44includes:
45.Bl -enum
46.It
47The name of the package, which is
48.Sq __PACKAGE__ .
49.It
50The version number, which is
51.Sq __VERSION__ .
52.It
53License information.
54.It
55Authors information.
56.It
57A link to the project web site.
58.El
59.Pp
60You can customize the information printed by this command by specifying
61the desired topic as the single argument to the command.
62This can be one of:
63.Bl -tag -width authorsXX
64.It Ar authors
65Displays the list of authors and contributors only.
66.It Ar license
67Displays the license information and the list of copyrights.
68.It Ar version
69Displays the package name and the version number in a format that is
70compatible with the output of GNU tools that support a
71.Fl -version
72flag.
73Use this whenever you have to query the version number of the package.
74.El
75.Sh FILES
76The following files are read by the
77.Nm
78command:
79.Bl -tag -width XX
80.It Pa __DOCDIR__/AUTHORS
81List of authors (aka copyright holders).
82.It Pa __DOCDIR__/CONTRIBUTORS
83List of contributors (aka individuals that have contributed to the project).
84.It Pa __DOCDIR__/LICENSE
85License information.
86.El
87.Sh EXIT STATUS
88The
89.Nm
90command always returns 0.
91.Pp
92Additional exit codes may be returned as described in
93.Xr kyua 1 .
94.Sh SEE ALSO
95.Xr kyua 1
96