Name

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.