PlusVersion sometimes returns --short output even when not specified

[jamesobutler]

Occasionally I have noticed that calling PlusVersion.exe will result in the "Supported Devices" output being missing as though I specified the "--short" command line argument.

Does the initialization method have something to do with this? I never accidentally get "--help" output.

PlusLib/src/PlusDataCollection/Tools/PlusVersion.cxx

Lines 13 to 14 in 8c791d1

	bool printHelp(false);
	bool printShortVersionInfo=false;

I also only get this error only when using Plus packages downloaded from the Plus website. I can't replicate using my personal PlusBuild. Maybe related to build tools that were used? I used Visual Studio 2019 with the v140 toolset. Testing on Windows 10.

Here's a test script that I've been using with my system python 3. Sometimes I have to run this a few times when set to 100 iterations.

path = "C:/Program Files/PlusApp-2.8.0/bin/PlusVersion.exe"
for i in range(100):
    import subprocess
    startup_info = subprocess.STARTUPINFO()
    startup_info.dwFlags |= subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW  # hide window
    out_raw = subprocess.check_output(path, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, shell=False, startupinfo=startup_info)
    out = out_raw.decode("utf-8")
    lines = out.split('\n')
    lines = [line.rstrip() for line in lines]
    supported_devices = False
    for line in lines:
        if "Supported devices" in line:
            supported_devices = True
    if not supported_devices:
        print(i)
        print(out_raw)
        print(lines)

[jamesobutler]

I'm specifically using the 64-bit PlusApp stable 2.8.0 package from the website. The 32-bit PlusApp package takes a while for PlusVersion.exe to output probably because of the additional built-in devices.

[Sunderlandkyl]

Interesting. I've ran the python script a couple of times with 1000 iterations, but I haven't experienced this behavior yet.

Edit: I am also using the Plus 2.8.0-64 bit package.

[jamesobutler]

hmm weird that you didn't encounter it. Here's my output when running 1000 iterations.

PS C:\Users\JamesButler\Desktop> python plus_version_test.py                                                            441
b'System start timestamp: 86658\r\nSoftware version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64\r\n'
['System start timestamp: 86658', 'Software version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64', '']
477
b'System start timestamp: 86677\r\nSoftware version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64\r\n'
['System start timestamp: 86677', 'Software version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64', '']
557
b'System start timestamp: 86720\r\nSoftware version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64\r\n'
['System start timestamp: 86720', 'Software version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64', '']
579
b'System start timestamp: 86732\r\nSoftware version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64\r\n'
['System start timestamp: 86732', 'Software version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64', '']
582
b'System start timestamp: 86733\r\nSoftware version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64\r\n'
['System start timestamp: 86733', 'Software version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64', '']
597
b'System start timestamp: 86741\r\nSoftware version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64\r\n'
['System start timestamp: 86741', 'Software version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64', '']
650
b'System start timestamp: 86770\r\nSoftware version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64\r\n'
['System start timestamp: 86770', 'Software version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64', '']
671
b'System start timestamp: 86782\r\nSoftware version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64\r\n'
['System start timestamp: 86782', 'Software version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64', '']
714
b'System start timestamp: 86805\r\nSoftware version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64\r\n'
['System start timestamp: 86805', 'Software version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64', '']
720
b'System start timestamp: 86809\r\nSoftware version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64\r\n'
['System start timestamp: 86809', 'Software version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64', '']
725
b'System start timestamp: 86811\r\nSoftware version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64\r\n'
['System start timestamp: 86811', 'Software version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64', '']
757
b'System start timestamp: 86829\r\nSoftware version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64\r\n'
['System start timestamp: 86829', 'Software version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64', '']
763
b'System start timestamp: 86832\r\nSoftware version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64\r\n'
['System start timestamp: 86832', 'Software version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64', '']
773
b'System start timestamp: 86837\r\nSoftware version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64\r\n'
['System start timestamp: 86837', 'Software version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64', '']
823
b'System start timestamp: 86863\r\nSoftware version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64\r\n'
['System start timestamp: 86863', 'Software version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64', '']
834
b'System start timestamp: 86870\r\nSoftware version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64\r\n'
['System start timestamp: 86870', 'Software version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64', '']
860
b'System start timestamp: 86884\r\nSoftware version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64\r\n'
['System start timestamp: 86884', 'Software version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64', '']
871
b'System start timestamp: 86890\r\nSoftware version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64\r\n'
['System start timestamp: 86890', 'Software version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64', '']
874
b'System start timestamp: 86892\r\nSoftware version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64\r\n'
['System start timestamp: 86892', 'Software version: Plus-2.8.0.283830c3 - Win64', '']