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{{CodeBox|'''function''' getFileVersion(''pathtofile'') ''':''' integer, table}}

Returns the 64-bit file version of the specified file, as well as a table containing the version split into separate fields.

The returned table contains the major, minor, release, and build parts of the file version.

===Function Parameters===
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!align="left"|Parameter
!align="left"|Type
!style="width: 80%;background-color:white;" align="left"|Description
|-
|pathtofile
|String
|The path to the file whose version information should be retrieved.
|}

===Returns===
integer, table — The 64-bit file version, followed by a table containing the split version fields.

===Return Table Fields===
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!align="left"|Field
!align="left"|Type
!style="width: 80%;background-color:white;" align="left"|Description
|-
|major
|Integer
|The major version number.
|-
|minor
|Integer
|The minor version number.
|-
|release
|Integer
|The release version number.
|-
|build
|Integer
|The build version number.
|}

===Examples===
<pre>
local version, versionInfo = getFileVersion("C:\\\\Windows\\\\System32\\\\kernel32.dll")

print("Version: " .. tostring(version))

if versionInfo ~= nil then
print("Major: " .. tostring(versionInfo.major))
print("Minor: " .. tostring(versionInfo.minor))
print("Release: " .. tostring(versionInfo.release))
print("Build: " .. tostring(versionInfo.build))
end
</pre>

<pre>
local version, versionInfo = getFileVersion("C:\\\\Windows\\\\System32\\\\kernel32.dll")

if versionInfo ~= nil then
local versionString = string.format(
"%d.%d.%d.%d",
versionInfo.major,
versionInfo.minor,
versionInfo.release,
versionInfo.build
)

print("File version: " .. versionString)
end
</pre>

{{LuaSeeAlso}}

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