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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# ***** BEGIN GPL LICENSE BLOCK *****
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+# Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+#
+# The Original Code is Copyright (C) 2008 by the Blender Foundation
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# The Original Code is: all of this file.
+#
+# Contributor(s): none yet.
+#
+import sys, os, re
+
+nanblenderhome = os.getenv("NANBLENDERHOME");
+
+if nanblenderhome == None:
+	nanblenderhome = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]))+"/.."	
+
+config = nanblenderhome+"/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h"
+
+infile = open(config)
+
+major = None
+minor = None
+
+for line in infile.readlines():
+	m = re.search("#define BLENDER_VERSION\s+(\d+)", line)
+	if m:
+		major =  m.group(1)
+	m = re.search("#define BLENDER_SUBVERSION\s+(\d+)", line)
+	if m:
+		minor = m.group(1)
+	if minor and major:
+		major = float(major) / 100.0
+		break
+
+infile.close()
+
+if minor and major:
+	print str(major)+"."+minor
+else:
+	print "unknownversion"