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hi guys
I am interested in knowing how the commands such as ls,cat,hostname,uname etc are implemented.I want to see the sourcecode of these commands?whats the location I should be searching for?I didnt find any in/usr/src/linux?Also ,is there a location on the net,where I can find the source code? I searched,but in vain.
That's right. That's what I said. "/usr/bin for the executables" - The source code for Linux apps isn't Java or Python - you don't run the source code, you compile it and run the binary.
If you want the source code for the basic apps like ls and cat, you'll have to either download it, or check your installation disks to see if there's a source code disk.
Suse is an RPM distro - it's made up of pre-compiled binaries. The whole point of which is that you don't need the source code. If you want it, you'll have to get it: It won't be installed.
Last edited by oneandoneis2; 06-06-2005 at 05:22 AM.
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