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+/* Return the full version string. */
+
+#include "patchlevel.h"
+
+#define VERSION "%s (%s) %s"
+
+#ifdef __DATE__
+#define DATE __DATE__
+#else
+#define DATE "August 1 1995"
+#endif
+
+extern const char *getcompiler();
+
+const char *
+getversion()
+{
+ static char version[80];
+ sprintf(version, VERSION, PATCHLEVEL, DATE, getcompiler());
+ return version;
+}