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+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Centro de Computacao Cientifica e Software Livre
+# Departamento de Informatica - Universidade Federal do Parana - C3SL/UFPR
+#
+# This file is part of collect-agent
+#
+# collect-agent is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
+# USA.
+
+PREFIX="$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))"
+
+cat ${PREFIX}/../../../client/conf/version
+
+exit $?