Freeware Commands and Utilities

The following commands and utilities have also been included in the Solaris 9 release:

To view license terms, attribution, and copyright statements for the freeware commands and utilities in this list, the default license path is /usr/sfw/share/src/<freeware name>. If the Solaris operating environment has been installed anywhere other than the default, modify the given path to access the file at the installed location.

• Gnu Grep 2.4.2 – A pattern matcher that is twice as fast as the standard UNIX egrep utility.

• Gnu Tar 1.13 – An archiver that includes multivolume support, the ability to archive sparse files, automatic archive compression and decompression, remote archives, and other special features.

• Ncftp Client 3.0.3 – A free set of programs that use the File Transfer Protocol. This set is an alternative to the standard ftp program that comes with UNIX systems.

• Samba 2.2.2 – The free SMB and CIFS client and server for UNIX and other operating systems. SMB and CIFS are protocols by which many PC-related machines share files, printers, and other information.

• Tcp-wrappers 7.6 – Small daemon programs that monitor and filter incoming requests for network services. These programs log the client host name of incoming requests and thus enhance network security.

• Gnu Wget 1.6 – A free network utility to retrieve files from the Web by using HTTP and FTP, the two most widely used Internet protocols.