--- pstoedit-3.45/src/pstoedit.cpp.orig	2007-07-22 13:27:38.000000000 +0200
+++ pstoedit-3.45/src/pstoedit.cpp	2007-09-20 11:08:32.000000000 +0200
@@ -352,14 +352,16 @@
 	#endif
 #endif
 
+	const unsigned int remaining = options.parseoptions(errstream,argc,argv);
+
+	if (!options.quiet) {
 	errstream << "pstoedit: version " << version << " / DLL interface " <<
 		drvbaseVersion << " (build " << __DATE__ << " - " << buildtype << " - " << compversion << ")" 
 		" : Copyright (C) 1993 - 2007 Wolfgang Glunz\n";
+	}
 	// int arg = 1;
 	drvbase::SetVerbose( false );	// init
 
-
-	const unsigned int remaining = options.parseoptions(errstream,argc,argv);
 	//  handling of derived parameters
 	drvbase::SetVerbose(options.verbose);
 	closerObject.fromgui = (bool) options.fromgui;
--- pstoedit-3.45/src/pstoeditoptions.h.orig	2007-09-20 11:07:14.000000000 +0200
+++ pstoedit-3.45/src/pstoeditoptions.h	2007-09-20 11:06:49.000000000 +0200
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@
 
 	Option < bool, BoolTrueExtractor > splitpages ;//= false;
 	Option < bool, BoolTrueExtractor > verbose ;//= false;
+	Option < bool, BoolTrueExtractor > quiet ;//= false;
 	Option < bool, BoolTrueExtractor > useBBfrominput; //= false;
 	Option < bool, BoolTrueExtractor > simulateSubPaths ;//= false;
 	Option < RSString, RSStringValueExtractor> unmappablecharstring ;//= 0;
@@ -333,6 +334,9 @@
 		"Switch on verbose mode. Some additional information is shown "
 		"during processing. ",
 		false),
+	quiet				(true, "-quiet",noArgument,b_t,"turns on quiet mode", 
+		"Switch on quiet mode. Version information is not shown. ",
+		false),
 	useBBfrominput		(true, "-usebbfrominput",noArgument,g_t,"extract BoundingBox from input file rather than determining it during processing", 
 		"If specified, pstoedit uses the BoundingBox as is (hopefully) found in the input file instead of one that is calculated by its own. ",
 		false),
@@ -573,6 +577,7 @@
 
 	ADD(splitpages);
 	ADD(verbose );
+	ADD(quiet);
 	ADD(useBBfrominput);
 	ADD(simulateSubPaths);
 	ADD(unmappablecharstring);