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+This is the top level of the UbixOS CVS repository.  Please see the file
COPYRIGHT for copyright information.  

The source tree map is as follows:


doc - contains most UbixOS documentation.
	examples
	help
	developer
src - contains all source files for UnixOS
	bin	
	grayspace-misc
	lib
	sys
	tools
	
For information on source tree syncing please refer to:
	
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