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.TH "gnutls_check_version" 3 "2.4.2" "gnutls" "gnutls"
.SH NAME
gnutls_check_version \- check the library's version
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <gnutls/gnutls.h>
.sp
.BI "const char * gnutls_check_version(const char * " req_version ");"
.SH ARGUMENTS
.IP "const char * req_version" 12
the version to check
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
Check that the version of the library is at minimum the requested one
and return the version string; return NULL if the condition is not
satisfied.  If a NULL is passed to this function, no check is done,
but the version string is simply returned.

See \fBLIBGNUTLS_VERSION\fP for a suitable \fIreq_version\fP string.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
Version string of run\-time library, or NULL if the
run\-time library does not meet the required version number.  If
\fBNULL\fP is passed to this function no check is done and only the
version string is returned.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug-gnutls@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2008 Free Software Foundation.
.br
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
preserved on all copies.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B gnutls
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B gnutls
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info gnutls
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.