mvn -version
The output looks similar
                  to:
Apache Maven 3.0.4 (r1232337; 2012-01-17 00:44:56-0800) 
Maven home: C:\ZPrograms\apache-maven-3.0.4 Java version: 1.6.0_35, 
vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc. 
Java home: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_35\jre 
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: Cp1252 
OS name: "windows 7", version: "6.1", arch: "amd64", family: "windows"