Determine Websphere version dynamically during build time

Question

I am working on a product which needs to be supported by different version of web-sphere(7.X,8.X and 9.X). I have to perform different build tasks(like copying different properties) based on WebSphere version. How can I determine the WebSphere version dynamically while running any build script.

Answer 1

Assuming you have the ability to run a script from your build environment, you can run the versionInfo.sh|bat file in the WAS_HOME/bin directory. That'll provide way more information than you need, but you should be able to parse the output for the build level (in the output, it's labeled as "Version").