This approach provides you with information about the actual executable file, it includes:

Version Number - this is a component identifier that indicates the version number specific of a specific OpenLink Component

Release Number - this is an identifier for a collection of <nopLOpenLink Components, numerous components with different version numbers make up an OpenLink Data Access Drivers commercial release.

Compilation Date - indicates the date component was compiled.

CVSID - this is a source code archive identifier that relates to the actual source code archive from which a particular component has been assembled.

Binary Platform - indicates what platform the component has been built to run on.

To obtain the information referred to above for any OpenLink Component simply type in the program name at your command prompt with the --help switch.

[person@linuxbox bin]$ ./oplrqb --help
OpenLink Request Broker
Version 2.22 (Release 4.2) as of Mon Apr 08 2002 (cvsid 00060).
Compiled for Linux 2.4.18-xfs (i686-pc-linux-gnu)
Copyright (C) OpenLink Software.

Usage:
  oplrqb [-flLdcv] [+foreground] [+loglevel num] [+logfile arg] [+debug]
         [+configfile arg] [+version]
  +foreground   run in the foreground
  +loglevel     log level
  +logfile      log file
  +debug        debug mode
  +configfile   use alternate configuration file
  +version      show version number