1This is the top level of the FreeBSD source directory. This file 2was last revised on: 3$FreeBSD: releng/12.2/README 335299 2018-06-17 19:44:24Z eadler $ 4 5FreeBSD is an operating system used to power modern servers, 6desktops, and embedded platforms. A large community has 7continually developed it for more than thirty years. Its 8advanced networking, security, and storage features have 9made FreeBSD the platform of choice for many of the 10busiest web sites and most pervasive embedded networking 11and storage devices. 12 13For copyright information, please see the file COPYRIGHT in this 14directory. Additional copyright information also exists for some 15sources in this tree - please see the specific source directories for 16more information. 17 18The Makefile in this directory supports a number of targets for 19building components (or all) of the FreeBSD source tree. See build(7), config(8), 20https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html, and 21https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html 22for more information, including setting make(1) variables. 23 24Source Roadmap: 25--------------- 26 27bin System/user commands. 28 29cddl Various commands and libraries under the Common Development 30 and Distribution License. 31 32contrib Packages contributed by 3rd parties. 33 34crypto Cryptography stuff (see crypto/README). 35 36etc Template files for /etc. 37 38gnu Various commands and libraries under the GNU Public License. 39 Please see gnu/COPYING* for more information. 40 41include System include files. 42 43kerberos5 Kerberos5 (Heimdal) package. 44 45lib System libraries. 46 47libexec System daemons. 48 49release Release building Makefile & associated tools. 50 51rescue Build system for statically linked /rescue utilities. 52 53sbin System commands. 54 55secure Cryptographic libraries and commands. 56 57share Shared resources. 58 59stand Boot loader sources. 60 61sys Kernel sources. 62 63sys/<arch>/conf Kernel configuration files. GENERIC is the configuration 64 used in release builds. NOTES contains documentation of 65 all possible entries. 66 67tests Regression tests which can be run by Kyua. See tests/README 68 for additional information. 69 70tools Utilities for regression testing and miscellaneous tasks. 71 72usr.bin User commands. 73 74usr.sbin System administration commands. 75 76 77For information on synchronizing your source tree with one or more of 78the FreeBSD Project's development branches, please see: 79 80 https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html 81