# Command: version

      VERSION tells FreeDOS what version of DOS to report.
      VERSION is a CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS command.

## Syntax:

      version=x.y
        Where x and y are numbers (they each can have one or more digits).
        The default value is 5.0.

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## Options:

      - none -

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## Comments:

      VERSION is a FreeDOS specific command to specify what DOS version to
      report. For a kernel with FAT32 support, 7.10 is a good choice.
      Otherwise, 5.0 and 6.22 are common values. FreeCOM command.com
      'ver /r' displays both the reported and the FreeDOS internal version
      numbers. VERSION does not change the FreeCOM version number as reported
      by running 'ver'.
      However, the DOS version number is changed, as reported in 'ver /R'.
      VERSION is needed to make some old DOS programs think that it works with
      the correct DOS version.
      VERSION is a command internal to kernel.sys and needs no other file
      in order to work.

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## Examples:

      IN CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS:
        version=6.22

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## See also:

      callver
      config.sys
      fdconfig.sys
      setver
      ver

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## File:

      Please read this command's lsm file also.
      You will find the updated version (internet) here and
      the version described in this manual page here.
      The lsm file contains information about the name of the programmer,
      the download site, and some other command related information.

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      Copyright © 1998 Jim Hall, updated 2008 by W. Spiegl.

      This file is derived from the FreeDOS Spec Command HOWTO.
      See the file H2Cpying for copying conditions.