mlib_version(3MLIB)					    mediaLib Library Functions					       mlib_version(3MLIB)

NAME

       mlib_version - return a version string

SYNOPSIS

       cc [ flag... ] file... -lmlib [ library... ]
       #include <mlib.h>

       char *mlib_version(void);

DESCRIPTION

       The mlib_version() function returns a string about the version of the library being used.

       This function returns a string in the following format:

       lib_name:version:build_date:target_isa

       The lib_name is mediaLib.  The version consists of four digits. The first two digits of the version are the major version.  The third digit
       is the minor version, and the fourth digit is the micro version.  The build_date is in the yyyymmdd format.  The target_isa  is	the  value
       used  for  the -xarch=a flag of the compiler when the library was built. For example, the following version string corresponds to a library
       in mediaLib version 2.1.0, which was built on 11/01/2001 and for the sparcv8plus+vis architecture.

       mediaLib:0210:20011101:v8plusa

PARAMETERS

       The function takes no argument.

RETURN VALUES

       The function returns a pointer to a string of characters.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Committed 		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |MT-Safe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       attributes(5)

SunOS 5.11							    2 Mar 2007						       mlib_version(3MLIB)