# Asterisk Project : Asterisk 13 Function_VERSION

Created by wikibot on Aug 08, 2014

# VERSION()

### Synopsis

Return the Version info for this Asterisk.

### Description

If there are no arguments, return the version of Asterisk in this format: SVN-branch-1.4-r44830M

Example: Set(junky=${VERSION()};

Sets junky to the string `SVN-branch-1.6-r74830M`, or possibly, `SVN-trunk-r45126M`.

### Syntax

    VERSION(info)

##### Arguments

- `info` - The possible values are:
  - `ASTERISK_VERSION_NUM` - A string of digits is returned, e.g. 10602 for 1.6.2 or 100300 for 10.3.0, or 999999 when using an SVN build.
  - `BUILD_USER` - The string representing the user's name whose account was used to configure Asterisk, is returned.
  - `BUILD_HOSTNAME` - The string representing the name of the host on which Asterisk was configured, is returned.
  - `BUILD_MACHINE` - The string representing the type of machine on which Asterisk was configured, is returned.
  - `BUILD_OS` - The string representing the OS of the machine on which Asterisk was configured, is returned.
  - `BUILD_DATE` - The string representing the date on which Asterisk was configured, is returned.
  - `BUILD_KERNEL` - The string representing the kernel version of the machine on which Asterisk was configured, is returned.

### See Also

### Import Version

This documentation was imported from Asterisk Version SVN-branch-13-r420538