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From: abe@vic.cc.purdue.edu (Vic Abell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: sum - missing util ?
Date: 11 Dec 1995 12:56:23 GMT
Organization: Purdue University
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In article <4ah2cu$4rv@bilbo.nask.org.pl> jarekb@pap.waw.pl (Jaroslaw Bazydlo) writes:
>Hej,
>
>i've try to compile some of the software under my Free box, but after that 
>it could not find a SUM utility program.
>...

Try cksum(1)'s -o1 option to get sum(1) -r behavior.  NetBSD is the
same.  I presume there's a reason for the name change.  Does anyone
know what it is?   Licensing?