Shaun,
<version_command> is what you want:
<version_command>tophat --version</version_command>
A couple things to note: *tool path isn't needed if the tool is in your galaxy user's path; *your tool must have a --version command line option; if not, you'll have to modify the command.
This functionality should be working as of latest Galaxy dist.
If you're still having trouble, it would be useful to try running a tool with a known, functioning version command (e.g. Tophat, Bowtie, Cufflinks/compare/diff) and seeing if it produces the version as output.
Let us know if you're still having problems.
Thanks, J.
On Oct 13, 2011, at 5:42 AM, SHAUN WEBB wrote:
Hi. I am using the tag:
<version_string>path to tool --version</version_string>
In my xml file. I would expect the tool version to be printed in the information window for each dataset but the version field is blank. I am running the latest Galaxy dist, is there anything else I need to do?
I have tried using <version_command> also.
Thanks Shaun
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