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.Dd May 20, 2015
.Dt KYUA-ABOUT 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm "kyua about"
.Nd Shows detailed authors, license, and version information
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Ar authors | license | version
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Sq about
command provides generic information about the
.Xr kyua 1
tool.
In the default synopsis form (no arguments), the information printed
includes:
.Bl -enum
.It
The name of the package, which is
.Sq __PACKAGE__ .
.It
The version number, which is
.Sq __VERSION__ .
.It
License information.
.It
Authors information.
.It
A link to the project web site.
.El
.Pp
You can customize the information printed by this command by specifying
the desired topic as the single argument to the command.
This can be one of:
.Bl -tag -width authorsXX
.It Ar authors
Displays the list of authors and contributors only.
.It Ar license
Displays the license information and the list of copyrights.
.It Ar version
Displays the package name and the version number in a format that is
compatible with the output of GNU tools that support a
.Fl -version
flag.
Use this whenever you have to query the version number of the package.
.El
.Sh FILES
The following files are read by the
.Nm
command:
.Bl -tag -width XX
.It Pa __DOCDIR__/AUTHORS
List of authors (aka copyright holders).
.It Pa __DOCDIR__/CONTRIBUTORS
List of contributors (aka individuals that have contributed to the project).
.It Pa __DOCDIR__/LICENSE
License information.
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
The
.Nm
command always returns 0.
.Pp
Additional exit codes may be returned as described in
.Xr kyua 1 .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr kyua 1