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Date:      Mon, 22 May 1995 21:03:11 +0200
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To:        asami@CS.Berkeley.EDU (Satoshi Asami | =?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCQHUbKEI=?= =?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCOCsbKEIgGyRCOC0bKEI=?=)
Cc:        jkh@freefall.cdrom.com, wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de, ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: top(1) 
Message-ID:  <199505221903.VAA24042@grumble.grondar.za>

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>  * > Why is top not in /usr/bin?
> 
>  * Because it's in /usr/local/bin? :-)
> 
> And in case you want to ask "why is it in /usr/local/bin?", it's our
> policy to install ports stuff in /usr/local/* for non-X stuff and
> /usr/X11R6/* for X stuff (by default).

I suspect that this person is actually asking "Why is top not part of the
standard distribution?".

If this is the question, I would answer "systat", although that is not
as concise or understandable as top for a newbie.

M
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Mark Murray
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