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Summary How do I find out which patch level and hot-fixes I have installed for my Orbix 6 installation
Article Number 15373
Environment All Supported Operating Systems Orbix 6.x
Question/Problem Description How do I find out which patch level and hot-fixes I have installed for my Orbix 6 installation
Patch level and hot-fixes information for an existing Orbix 6 installation
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In order to find out the version and patch level of Orbix 6 you are running, run the following command

idl -V

For an Orbix 6.3.4 installation the command above will print out:

IDL Compiler Version 6.3.4
Copyright ? 1997-2009 Micro Focus Software Corporation. All Rights Reserved

In order to find out which hot-fixes are installed, please check the contents of the following directory

<IT_PRODUCT_DIR>/registry/emergency_patches

The directory above will contain a README file for each associated hotfix installed. E.g. if Orbix 6.3.4 hotfix patch 013 has been installed, the above directory will contain a file called README_6.3.4_patch-013.txt

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Created date: 06 September 2011
Last Modified: 13 February 2013
Last Published: 23 June 2012
First Published date: 10 September 2011

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