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From: Konrad Heuer <kheuer2@gwdg.de>
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Subject: Re: Source code for user utilities
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On Tue, 16 Jan 2007, Pranav Sawargaonkar wrote:

> Can any one tell me from where i can get source code of user level utilities
> (eg. ls, top etc.)
> Does FreeBSD also uses coreutils  for  these  user  utilities  like  linux
> does ?

The source code is part of the FreeBSD distribution; you can find it 
(e.g.) in:

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/6.2-RELEASE/src/

FreeBSD does not use coreutils. FreeBSD source code is based on the 
4.4BSD-Lite2 source code developed at the university of California in 
Berkeley.

Best regards

Konrad Heuer
GWDG, Am Fassberg, 37077 Goettingen, Germany, kheuer2@gwdg.de