Python API

function libtmux stable

_query_version

Return the raw tmux -V version token, letter suffix intact.

Source and package

Qualified name: libtmux.common._query_version
Module: libtmux.common
Package: libtmux
Source: src/libtmux/common.py

_query_version (tmux_bin: str | None = None) → str function [source] ¶

Description#

Runs tmux -V and extracts the version token (e.g. "3.7a", "master", "next-3.8"). Not memoized -- get_version and get_version_str each cache their own result on top of this query.

Parameters

tmux_bin (str | None) # – Path to tmux binary. If None, uses the system tmux.

Returns

str Raw version token from tmux -V.

Raises

_TmuxVersionUnavailable – tmux predates the -V flag; callers apply _no_version_flag_fallback .
VersionTooLow – tmux reported another error on -V.

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_query_version

Description#