Cobra Reference - requires

	Cobra	Interactive Query Language	requires

	NAME requires version.number — requires a specific minimal version of Cobra SYNTAX requires version.number DESCRIPTION The requires command is typically used at the start of a script, stored in rules file, to make sure that a specific version (or later) of Cobra is installed so that the features used in the script are supported. If an older version of Cobra is used, the script is aborted if executed from a file (for instance loaded with a dot command). If executed interactively from the Cobra command-line, Cobra exits. EXAMPLES $ cat /tmp/goo requires 4.7 $ cobra *.c 1 core, 14 files, 93764 tokens : . /tmp/goo error: requires Cobra version 4.7 -- have 4.5 # aborts script : requires 4.7 error: requires Cobra version 4.7 -- have 4.5 # exits $

Cobra

Interactive Query Language

requires

NAME

requires version.number — requires a specific minimal version of Cobra

SYNTAX

	requires version.number

DESCRIPTION

The requires command is typically used at the start of a script, stored in rules file, to make sure that a specific version (or later) of Cobra is installed so that the features used in the script are supported.

If an older version of Cobra is used, the script is aborted if executed from a file (for instance loaded with a dot command). If executed interactively from the Cobra command-line, Cobra exits.

EXAMPLES

	$ cat /tmp/goo
	requires 4.7
	$ cobra *.c
	1 core, 14 files, 93764 tokens
	: . /tmp/goo
	error: requires Cobra version 4.7 -- have 4.5 # aborts script
	: requires 4.7
	error: requires Cobra version 4.7 -- have 4.5 # exits
	$


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