fteDisplayVersion (display installed version of MFT)

Use the fteDisplayVersion command to display the version of Managed File Transfer (MFT) that you have installed.

Purpose

You might be asked to run the fteDisplayVersion command by an IBM® Service Representative to help with problem determination.

Syntax

fteDisplayVersion

Parameters

-v: Optional. Displays a verbose amount of information about the product version.; The precise details that are displayed when you specify the -v parameter might vary between product releases. You are not recommended to rely on specific information being available in the output from the fteDisplayVersion -v command.; On z/OS®, -v displays the value of the productId property, if the product Id has been specified.
-? or -h: Optional. Displays command syntax.

Example with no parameters specified

In this example, the fteDisplayVersion command is specified with no parameters.

fteDisplayVersion

The output from this command is the product version level. For example, this is the output for IBM MQ 10.0.0:

fteDisplayVersion -v
5724-H72 Copyright IBM Corp.  2008, 2026.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Name:          IBM MQ Managed File Transfer
Version:       10.0.0.0

Example with -v parameter specified

In this example, the fteDisplayVersion command is specified with the -v parameter.

fteDisplayVersion -v

The output from this command includes more detailed information about the product version. For example:

fteDisplayVersion -v
5724-H72 Copyright IBM Corp.  2008, 2026.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Name:          IBM MQ Managed File Transfer
Version:       9.3.1.0
Level:         p931-dfct-USER-L220717.2
Platform:      Windows 10 (10.0)
Architecture:  amd64
JVM:           JRE 1.8.0 Windows 10 amd64-64-Bit Compressed References 20220427_27745 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)
               OpenJ9   - b15041a
               OMR      - 3671a9f
               IBM      - 1b0232b
Product:       C:\Program Files\IBM\MQ
Configuration: C:\ProgramData\IBM\MQ\mqft


IBM MQ Components:

   Name:       Common Services for Java Platform, Standard Edition
   Version:    9.3.1.0
   Level:      p931-dfct-USER-L220704.3

Note: Before IBM MQ 9.4.0, the output from the fteDisplayVersion command included components that MFT does not use. From IBM MQ 9.3.1, these components are no longer included in the output.

Return codes

Table 1. Return code names and descriptions
Return code	Description
0	Command completed successfully
1	Command ended unsuccessfully