Identify METplus version

[jwraby]

To prepare for the upcoming METPLUS ADVANCED TRAINING SERIES, I tried to find the METplus version I have running as a container on the DoD HPC, but I can't find it. I pulled the container from the dtcenter on 13 MAR 2023. The MET version on it is V11.0.1. How can I find the METplus version? Thanks.

[georgemccabe]

Hi @jwraby,

The version of METplus is output in one of the first log entries for a given run.

04/05 17:19:57.882Z metplus INFO: Running METplus v5.0.1 as user mccabe(15832) with command: /home/mccabe/METplus/ush/run_metplus.py ...

You can also check the version of METplus by running the run_metplus.py script without any arguments:

run_metplus.py

Running METplus 5.0.1

Usage: run_metplus.py arg1 arg2 arg3
-h|--help Display this usage statement

Arguments:
/path/to/parmfile.conf -- Specify custom configuration file to use
section.option=value -- override conf options on the command line

The version is also stored in the metplus/VERSION text file in the installation location. In the container, it should be /metplus/METplus/metplus/VERSION.

[jwraby]

Thanks for this helpful info, George. I shelled into the container and went to /metplus/METplus/ush. I ran the python script you suggested and it output the usage dialog which had the version "METplus 5.0.1".