1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/flam3-genome.c b/src/flam3-genome.c
index 1e00e9b..4551274 100644
--- a/src/flam3-genome.c
+++ b/src/flam3-genome.c
@@ -448,8 +448,17 @@ main(argc, argv)
 	}
 	putenv(palpath);
 
-#endif         
+#endif   
 
+   if (argc>1) {
+      if (strcmp("--version",argv[1])==0) {
+         printf("FLAM3-%s\n",flam3_version());
+         exit(0);
+      } else {
+         printf("unrecognized option %s, aborting.\n",argv[1]);
+         exit(-1);
+      }
+   }
 
    verbose = argi("verbose", 0);