How to check the version of the witness using "about" in cli

in #steemhelp8 years ago (edited)

As a quick way to confirm that you have built the latest version, you can check the output of the "about" command from the command line interface (cli).

All commands are run within the steem directory.

Run steem with websocket rpc enabled
./programs/steemd/steemd --rpc-endpoint "127.0.0.1:8090"

Open a new terminal window or new screen instance
ctl-a c (if using screen)

In new window
./programs/cli_wallet/cli_wallet

Once you see the following prompt
locked >>>
type
about

And voilà
{ "client_version": "unknown", "steem_revision": "3bb37ad275d35f1cb9181beb0d8773fb137e023a", "steem_revision_age": "19 hours ago", "fc_revision": "b34e8584ae8f2667dcdfa5b53b1a372fe2c41a89", "fc_revision_age": "16 days ago", "compile_date": "compiled on Apr 23 2016 at 11:42:05", "boost_version": "1.60", "openssl_version": "OpenSSL 1.0.1f 6 Jan 2014", "build": "linux 64-bit" }
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