FreeBSD newbye simple question

[Subhro]

On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 13:29:07 +0000, Vittorio <v.demartino2 at virgilio.it> wrote:

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> Where are those sources?

/usr/src

> 
> 2) The questions' question: where can I read what are the options I can
> use with a certain source package and how can I use them when
> make(-ing) the program?

Read the makefile or use ./configure --help | more

> 
> 3) It goes without saying that many freebsd commands are the same as in
> linux but I cannot find the freebsd command equivalent to the linux
> command 'free' giving info about the size of memory used by the
> system's cache, buffers, swap, etc.

Are you speaking about C?

Regards
S.

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