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| @@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Emanuele Aina <[email protected]> | |
| Erik Andersen <[email protected]> | |
| Tons of new stuff, major rewrite of most of the | |
| core apps, tons of new apps as noted in header files. | |
| + | Lots of tedious effort writing these boring docs that |
| + | nobody is going to actually read. |
| Laurence Anderson <[email protected]> | |
| rpm2cpio, unzip, get_header_cpio, read_gz interface, rpm | |
| @@ -6,29 +6,50 @@ Erik Andersen <[email protected]> | |
| =head1 AUTHORS | |
| - | The following people have contributed code to BusyBox whether |
| - | they know it or not. |
| + | The following people have contributed code to BusyBox whether they know it or |
| + | not. If you have written code included in BusyBox, you should probably be |
| + | listed here so you can obtain your bit of eternal glory. If you should be |
| + | listed here, or the description of what you have done needs more detail, or is |
| + | incorect, please send in an update. |
| + | =for html <br> |
| + | |
| + | Emanuele Aina <[email protected]> |
| + | run-parts |
| + | |
| =for html <br> | |
| Erik Andersen <[email protected]> | |
| Tons of new stuff, major rewrite of most of the | |
| core apps, tons of new apps as noted in header files. | |
| + | Lots of tedious effort writing these boring docs that |
| + | nobody is going to actually read. |
| =for html <br> | |
| - | John Beppu <[email protected]> |
| + | Laurence Anderson <[email protected]> |
| - | du, head, nslookup, sort, tee, uniq (so Kraai could rewrite them ;-), |
| - | documentation |
| + | rpm2cpio, unzip, get_header_cpio, read_gz interface, rpm |
| + | |
| + | =for html <br> |
| + | |
| + | Jeff Angielski <[email protected]> |
| + | |
| + | ftpput, ftpget |
| =for html <br> | |
| Edward Betts <[email protected]> | |
| - | expr, hostid, logname, tty, wc, whoami, yes |
| + | expr, hostid, logname, whoami |
| + | |
| + | =for html <br> |
| + | |
| + | John Beppu <[email protected]> |
| + | |
| + | du, nslookup, sort |
| =for html <br> | |
| @@ -40,31 +61,51 @@ Brian Candler <[email protected]> | |
| Randolph Chung <[email protected]> | |
| - | fbset, ping, hostname, and mkfifo |
| + | fbset, ping, hostname |
| =for html <br> | |
| Dave Cinege <[email protected]> | |
| - | more(v2), makedevs, modularization, various fixes |
| + | more(v2), makedevs, dutmp, modularization, auto links file, |
| + | various fixes, Linux Router Project maintenance |
| + | |
| + | =for html <br> |
| + | |
| + | Jordan Crouse <[email protected]> |
| + | |
| + | ipcalc |
| + | |
| + | =for html <br> |
| + | |
| + | Magnus Damm <[email protected]> |
| + | |
| + | tftp client insmod powerpc support |
| =for html <br> | |
| Larry Doolittle <[email protected]> | |
| - | various fixes, shell rewrite |
| + | pristine source directory compilation, lots of patches and fixes. |
| =for html <br> | |
| - | Karl M. Hegbloom <[email protected]> |
| + | Glenn Engel <[email protected]> |
| - | cp_mv.c, the test suite, various fixes to utility.c, &c. |
| + | httpd |
| =for html <br> | |
| - | Sterling Huxley <[email protected]> |
| + | Gennady Feldman <[email protected]> |
| - | vi (!!!) |
| + | Sysklogd (single threaded syslogd, IPC Circular buffer support, |
| + | logread), various fixes. |
| + | |
| + | =for html <br> |
| + | |
| + | Karl M. Hegbloom <[email protected]> |
| + | |
| + | cp_mv.c, the test suite, various fixes to utility.c, &c. |
| =for html <br> | |
| @@ -74,27 +115,46 @@ Daniel Jacobowitz <[email protected]> | |
| =for html <br> | |
| - | Matt Kraai <[email protected]> |
| + | Matt Kraai <[email protected]> |
| - | documentation, bugfixes |
| + | documentation, bugfixes, test suite |
| + | |
| + | =for html <br> |
| + | |
| + | Stephan Linz <[email protected]> |
| + | |
| + | ipcalc, Red Hat equivalence |
| =for html <br> | |
| John Lombardo <[email protected]> | |
| - | dirname, tr |
| + | tr |
| =for html <br> | |
| - | Glenn McGrath <[email protected]> |
| + | Glenn McGrath <[email protected]> |
| - | ar.c |
| + | ar, dpkg, dpkg-deb |
| + | |
| + | =for html <br> |
| + | |
| + | Manuel Novoa III <[email protected]> |
| + | |
| + | cat, head, mkfifo, mknod, rmdir, sleep, tee, tty, uniq, usleep, wc, yes, |
| + | mesg, vconfig, make_directory, parse_mode, dirname, mode_string, |
| + | get_last_path_component, simplify_path, and a number trivial libbb routines |
| + | |
| + | also bug fixes, partial rewrites, and size optimizations in |
| + | ash, basename, cal, cmp, cp, df, du, echo, env, ln, logname, md5sum, mkdir, |
| + | mv, realpath, rm, sort, tail, touch, uname, watch, arith, human_readable, |
| + | interface, dutmp, ifconfig, route |
| =for html <br> | |
| Vladimir Oleynik <[email protected]> | |
| - | cmdedit, xargs(current), httpd(current); |
| + | cmdedit; xargs(current), httpd(current); |
| ports: ash, crond, fdisk, inetd, stty, traceroute, top; | |
| locale, various fixes | |
| and irreconcilable critic of everything not perfect. | |
| @@ -103,7 +163,20 @@ Vladimir Oleynik <[email protected]> | |
| Bruce Perens <[email protected]> | |
| - | Original author of BusyBox. His code is still in many apps. |
| + | Original author of BusyBox in 1995, 1996. Some of his code can |
| + | still be found hiding here and there... |
| + | |
| + | =for html <br> |
| + | |
| + | Tim Riker <[email protected]> |
| + | |
| + | bug fixes, member of fan club |
| + | |
| + | =for html <br> |
| + | |
| + | Kent Robotti <[email protected]> |
| + | |
| + | reset, tons and tons of bug reports and patches. |
| =for html <br> | |
| @@ -133,7 +206,8 @@ Linus Torvalds <[email protected]> | |
| Mark Whitley <[email protected]> | |
| - | sed remix, bug fixes, style-guide, etc. |
| + | grep, sed, cut, xargs(previous), |
| + | style-guide, new-applet-HOWTO, bug fixes, etc. |
| =for html <br> | |
| @@ -149,10 +223,11 @@ Enrique Zanardi <[email protected]> | |
| =for html <br> | |
| - | Glenn Engel <[email protected]> |
| + | Tito Ragusa <[email protected]> |
| - | httpd |
| + | devfsd and size optimizations in strings, openvt and deallocvt. |
| =cut | |
| - | # $Id: busybox_footer.pod,v 1.14 2004/03/27 09:40:15 andersen Exp $ |
| + | # $Id: busybox_footer.pod,v 1.15 2004/04/06 17:52:02 andersen Exp $ |
| + | |
| @@ -874,46 +874,46 @@ | |
| "[options] [device] .." | |
| #define hdparm_full_usage \ | |
| "Options:" \ | |
| - | " -a get/set fs readahead\n" \ |
| - | " -A set drive read-lookahead flag (0/1)\n" \ |
| - | " -b get/set bus state (0 == off, 1 == on, 2 == tristate)\n" \ |
| - | " -B set Advanced Power Management setting (1-255)\n" \ |
| - | " -c get/set IDE 32-bit IO setting\n" \ |
| - | " -C check IDE power mode status\n" \ |
| - | USAGE_GETSET_DMA(" -d get/set using_dma flag\n") \ |
| - | " -D enable/disable drive defect-mgmt\n" \ |
| - | " -f flush buffer cache for device on exit\n" \ |
| - | " -g display drive geometry\n" \ |
| - | " -h display terse usage information\n" \ |
| - | " -i display drive identification\n" \ |
| - | USAGE_HDPARM_IDENT(" -I detailed/current information directly from drive\n") \ |
| - | USAGE_HDPARM_IDENT(" -Istdin similar to -I, but wants /proc/ide/" "*" "/hd?/identify as input\n") \ |
| - | " -k get/set keep_settings_over_reset flag (0/1)\n" \ |
| - | " -K set drive keep_features_over_reset flag (0/1)\n" \ |
| - | " -L set drive doorlock (0/1) (removable harddisks only)\n" \ |
| - | " -m get/set multiple sector count\n" \ |
| - | " -n get/set ignore-write-errors flag (0/1)\n" \ |
| - | " -p set PIO mode on IDE interface chipset (0,1,2,3,4,...)\n" \ |
| - | " -P set drive prefetch count\n" \ |
| - | " -q change next setting quietly\n" \ |
| - | " -Q get/set DMA tagged-queuing depth (if supported)\n" \ |
| - | " -r get/set readonly flag (DANGEROUS to set)\n" \ |
| - | USAGE_SCAN_HWIF(" -R register an IDE interface (DANGEROUS)\n") \ |
| - | " -S set standby (spindown) timeout\n" \ |
| - | " -t perform device read timings\n" \ |
| - | " -T perform cache read timings\n" \ |
| - | " -u get/set unmaskirq flag (0/1)\n" \ |
| - | USAGE_UNREGISTER_HWIF(" -U un-register an IDE interface (DANGEROUS)\n") \ |
| - | " -v defaults; same as -mcudkrag for IDE drives\n" \ |
| - | " -V display program version and exit immediately\n" \ |
| - | USAGE_DRIVE_RESET(" -w perform device reset (DANGEROUS)\n") \ |
| - | " -W set drive write-caching flag (0/1) (DANGEROUS)\n" \ |
| - | USAGE_TRISTATE_HWIF(" -x tristate device for hotswap (0/1) (DANGEROUS)\n") \ |
| - | " -X set IDE xfer mode (DANGEROUS)\n" \ |
| - | " -y put IDE drive in standby mode\n" \ |
| - | " -Y put IDE drive to sleep\n" \ |
| - | " -Z disable Seagate auto-powersaving mode\n" \ |
| - | " -z re-read partition table" |
| + | "\t-a get/set fs readahead\n" \ |
| + | "\t-A set drive read-lookahead flag (0/1)\n" \ |
| + | "\t-b get/set bus state (0 == off, 1 == on, 2 == tristate)\n" \ |
| + | "\t-B set Advanced Power Management setting (1-255)\n" \ |
| + | "\t-c get/set IDE 32-bit IO setting\n" \ |
| + | "\t-C check IDE power mode status\n" \ |
| + | USAGE_GETSET_DMA("\t-d get/set using_dma flag\n") \ |
| + | "\t-D enable/disable drive defect-mgmt\n" \ |
| + | "\t-f flush buffer cache for device on exit\n" \ |
| + | "\t-g display drive geometry\n" \ |
| + | "\t-h display terse usage information\n" \ |
| + | "\t-i display drive identification\n" \ |
| + | USAGE_HDPARM_IDENT("\t-I detailed/current information directly from drive\n") \ |
| + | USAGE_HDPARM_IDENT("\t-Istdin similar to -I, but wants /proc/ide/" "*" "/hd?/identify as input\n") \ |
| + | "\t-k get/set keep_settings_over_reset flag (0/1)\n" \ |
| + | "\t-K set drive keep_features_over_reset flag (0/1)\n" \ |
| + | "\t-L set drive doorlock (0/1) (removable harddisks only)\n" \ |
| + | "\t-m get/set multiple sector count\n" \ |
| + | "\t-n get/set ignore-write-errors flag (0/1)\n" \ |
| + | "\t-p set PIO mode on IDE interface chipset (0,1,2,3,4,...)\n" \ |
| + | "\t-P set drive prefetch count\n" \ |
| + | "\t-q change next setting quietly\n" \ |
| + | "\t-Q get/set DMA tagged-queuing depth (if supported)\n" \ |
| + | "\t-r get/set readonly flag (DANGEROUS to set)\n" \ |
| + | USAGE_SCAN_HWIF("\t-R register an IDE interface (DANGEROUS)\n") \ |
| + | "\t-S set standby (spindown) timeout\n" \ |
| + | "\t-t perform device read timings\n" \ |
| + | "\t-T perform cache read timings\n" \ |
| + | "\t-u get/set unmaskirq flag (0/1)\n" \ |
| + | USAGE_UNREGISTER_HWIF("\t-U un-register an IDE interface (DANGEROUS)\n") \ |
| + | "\t-v defaults; same as -mcudkrag for IDE drives\n" \ |
| + | "\t-V display program version and exit immediately\n" \ |
| + | USAGE_DRIVE_RESET("\t-w perform device reset (DANGEROUS)\n") \ |
| + | "\t-W set drive write-caching flag (0/1) (DANGEROUS)\n" \ |
| + | USAGE_TRISTATE_HWIF("\t-x tristate device for hotswap (0/1) (DANGEROUS)\n") \ |
| + | "\t-X set IDE xfer mode (DANGEROUS)\n" \ |
| + | "\t-y put IDE drive in standby mode\n" \ |
| + | "\t-Y put IDE drive to sleep\n" \ |
| + | "\t-Z disable Seagate auto-powersaving mode\n" \ |
| + | "\t-z re-read partition table" |
| #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_HEAD | |
| #define USAGE_FANCY_HEAD(a) a | |
| @@ -1027,9 +1027,9 @@ | |
| "\t-l\tthe hardware clock is kept in local time" | |
| #ifdef CONFIG_SELINUX | |
| - | #define USAGE_SELINUX(a, b) a |
| + | #define USAGE_SELINUX(a) a |
| #else | |
| - | #define USAGE_SELINUX(a, b) b |
| + | #define USAGE_SELINUX(a) |
| #endif | |
| #define id_trivial_usage \ | |
| @@ -1037,11 +1037,11 @@ | |
| #define id_full_usage \ | |
| "Print information for USERNAME or the current user\n\n" \ | |
| "Options:\n" \ | |
| + | USAGE_SELINUX("\t-c\tprints only the security context\n") \ |
| "\t-g\tprints only the group ID\n" \ | |
| "\t-u\tprints only the user ID\n" \ | |
| - | USAGE_SELINUX("\t-c\tprints only the security context\n", "") \ |
| - | "\t-n\tprint a name instead of a number (with for -ug)\n" \ |
| - | "\t-r\tprints the real user ID instead of the effective ID (with -ug)" |
| + | "\t-n\tprint a name instead of a number\n" \ |
| + | "\t-r\tprints the real user ID instead of the effective ID" |
| #define id_example_usage \ | |
| "$ id\n" \ | |
| "uid=1000(andersen) gid=1000(andersen)\n" | |
| @@ -1298,11 +1298,11 @@ | |
| #define ipaddr_full_usage \ | |
| "ipaddr {add|del} IFADDR dev STRING\n" \ | |
| "ipaddr {show|flush} [ dev STRING ] [ scope SCOPE-ID ]\n" \ | |
| - | " [ to PREFIX ] [ label PATTERN ]\n" \ |
| - | "IFADDR := PREFIX | ADDR peer PREFIX\n" \ |
| - | " [ broadcast ADDR ] [ anycast ADDR ]\n" \ |
| - | " [ label STRING ] [ scope SCOPE-ID ]\n" \ |
| - | "SCOPE-ID := [ host | link | global | NUMBER ]" |
| + | "\t\t\t[ to PREFIX ] [ label PATTERN ]\n" \ |
| + | "\t\t\tIFADDR := PREFIX | ADDR peer PREFIX\n" \ |
| + | "\t\t\t[ broadcast ADDR ] [ anycast ADDR ]\n" \ |
| + | "\t\t\t[ label STRING ] [ scope SCOPE-ID ]\n" \ |
| + | "\t\t\tSCOPE-ID := [ host | link | global | NUMBER ]" |
| #ifndef CONFIG_FEATURE_IPCALC_FANCY | |
| #define ipcalc_trivial_usage \ | |
| @@ -1332,9 +1332,9 @@ | |
| "{ set DEVICE { up | down | arp { on | off } | show [ DEVICE ] }" | |
| #define iplink_full_usage \ | |
| "iplink set DEVICE { up | down | arp { on | off } |\n" \ | |
| - | " dynamic { on | off } |\n" \ |
| - | " mtu MTU }\n" \ |
| - | "iplink show [ DEVICE ]" |
| + | "\t\t\tdynamic { on | off } |\n" \ |
| + | "\t\t\tmtu MTU }\n" \ |
| + | "\tiplink show [ DEVICE ]" |
| #define iproute_trivial_usage \ | |
| "{ list | flush | { add | del | change | append |\n" \ | |
| @@ -1342,10 +1342,10 @@ | |
| #define iproute_full_usage \ | |
| "iproute { list | flush } SELECTOR\n" \ | |
| "iproute get ADDRESS [ from ADDRESS iif STRING ]\n" \ | |
| - | " [ oif STRING ] [ tos TOS ]\n" \ |
| - | "iproute { add | del | change | append | replace | monitor } ROUTE\n" \ |
| - | "SELECTOR := [ root PREFIX ] [ match PREFIX ] [ proto RTPROTO ]\n" \ |
| - | "ROUTE := [ TYPE ] PREFIX [ tos TOS ] [ proto RTPROTO ]" |
| + | "\t\t\t[ oif STRING ] [ tos TOS ]\n" \ |
| + | "\tiproute { add | del | change | append | replace | monitor } ROUTE\n" \ |
| + | "\t\t\tSELECTOR := [ root PREFIX ] [ match PREFIX ] [ proto RTPROTO ]\n" \ |
| + | "\t\t\tROUTE := [ TYPE ] PREFIX [ tos TOS ] [ proto RTPROTO ]" |
| #define iptunnel_trivial_usage \ | |
| "{ add | change | del | show } [ NAME ]\n" \ | |
| @@ -1353,9 +1353,9 @@ | |
| "\t\t[ remote ADDR ] [ local ADDR ] [ ttl TTL ]" | |
| #define iptunnel_full_usage \ | |
| "iptunnel { add | change | del | show } [ NAME ]\n" \ | |
| - | " [ mode { ipip | gre | sit } ] [ remote ADDR ] [ local ADDR ]\n" \ |
| - | " [ [i|o]seq ] [ [i|o]key KEY ] [ [i|o]csum ]\n" \ |
| - | " [ ttl TTL ] [ tos TOS ] [ [no]pmtudisc ] [ dev PHYS_DEV ]" |
| + | "\t\t\t[ mode { ipip | gre | sit } ] [ remote ADDR ] [ local ADDR ]\n" \ |
| + | "\t\t\t[ [i|o]seq ] [ [i|o]key KEY ] [ [i|o]csum ]\n" \ |
| + | "\t\t\t[ ttl TTL ] [ tos TOS ] [ [no]pmtudisc ] [ dev PHYS_DEV ]" |
| #define kill_trivial_usage \ | |
| "[-signal] process-id [process-id ...]" | |
| @@ -1501,8 +1501,9 @@ | |
| #else | |
| #define USAGE_AUTOWIDTH(a) | |
| #endif | |
| + | |
| #define ls_trivial_usage \ | |
| - | "[-1Aa" USAGE_LS_TIMESTAMPS("c") "Cd" USAGE_LS_TIMESTAMPS("e") USAGE_LS_FILETYPES("F") "iln" USAGE_LS_FILETYPES("p") USAGE_LS_FOLLOWLINKS("L") USAGE_LS_RECURSIVE("R") USAGE_LS_SORTFILES("rS") "s" USAGE_AUTOWIDTH("T") USAGE_LS_TIMESTAMPS("tu") USAGE_LS_SORTFILES("v") USAGE_AUTOWIDTH("w") "x" USAGE_LS_SORTFILES("X") USAGE_HUMAN_READABLE("h") USAGE_NOT_HUMAN_READABLE("") "k" USAGE_SELINUX("K", "") "] [filenames...]" |
| + | "[-1Aa" USAGE_LS_TIMESTAMPS("c") "Cd" USAGE_LS_TIMESTAMPS("e") USAGE_LS_FILETYPES("F") "iln" USAGE_LS_FILETYPES("p") USAGE_LS_FOLLOWLINKS("L") USAGE_LS_RECURSIVE("R") USAGE_LS_SORTFILES("rS") "s" USAGE_AUTOWIDTH("T") USAGE_LS_TIMESTAMPS("tu") USAGE_LS_SORTFILES("v") USAGE_AUTOWIDTH("w") "x" USAGE_LS_SORTFILES("X") USAGE_HUMAN_READABLE("h") USAGE_NOT_HUMAN_READABLE("") "k" USAGE_SELINUX("K") "] [filenames...]" |
| #define ls_full_usage \ | |
| "List directory contents\n\n" \ | |
| "Options:\n" \ | |
| @@ -1531,8 +1532,9 @@ | |
| "\t-x\tlist entries by lines instead of by columns\n" \ | |
| USAGE_LS_SORTFILES("\t-X\tsort the listing by extension\n") \ | |
| USAGE_HUMAN_READABLE( \ | |
| - | "\t-h\tprint sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 243M 2G )\n" \ |
| - | USAGE_SELINUX("\t-k\tprint security context\n\t-K\tprint security context in long format\n", "")) |
| + | "\t-h\tprint sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 243M 2G )\n") \ |
| + | USAGE_SELINUX("\t-k\tprint security context\n") \ |
| + | USAGE_SELINUX("\t-K\tprint security context in long format\n") |
| #define lsmod_trivial_usage \ | |
| "" | |
| @@ -1944,12 +1946,18 @@ | |
| "$ printf "Val=%d\\n" 5\n" \ | |
| "Val=5\n" | |
| + | #ifdef CONFIG_SELINUX |
| + | #define USAGE_NONSELINUX(a) |
| + | #else |
| + | #define USAGE_NONSELINUX(a) a |
| + | #endif |
| + | |
| #define ps_trivial_usage \ | |
| "" | |
| #define ps_full_usage \ | |
| "Report process status\n" \ | |
| - | USAGE_SELINUX("\nOptions:\n\t-c\tshow SE Linux context", \ |
| - | "\nThis version of ps accepts no options.") |
| + | USAGE_NONSELINUX("\n\tThis version of ps accepts no options.") \ |
| + | USAGE_SELINUX("\nOptions:\n\t-c\tshow SE Linux context") |
| #define ps_example_usage \ | |
| "$ ps\n" \ | |
| @@ -2172,7 +2180,7 @@ | |
| USAGE_NOT_FANCY_SLEEP("Pause for N seconds.") \ | |
| USAGE_FANCY_SLEEP( \ | |
| "Pause for a time equal to the total of the args given, where each arg can\n" \ | |
| - | "have an optional suffix of (s)econds, (m)inutes, (h)ours, or (d)ays.") |
| + | "\t\thave an optional suffix of (s)econds, (m)inutes, (h)ours, or (d)ays.") |
| #define sleep_example_usage \ | |
| "$ sleep 2\n" \ | |
| "[2 second delay results]\n" \ | |
| @@ -2559,8 +2567,8 @@ | |
| "hello world\n" | |
| #define traceroute_trivial_usage \ | |
| - | "[-dnrv] [-m max_ttl] [-p port#] [-q nqueries]\n\ |
| - | [-s src_addr] [-t tos] [-w wait] host [data size]" |
| + | "[-dnrv] [-m max_ttl] [-p port#] [-q nqueries]\n"\ |
| + | "\t[-s src_addr] [-t tos] [-w wait] host [data size]" |
| #define traceroute_full_usage \ | |
| "trace the route ip packets follow going to \"host\"\n" \ | |
| "Options:\n" \ | |
| @@ -2803,7 +2811,7 @@ | |
| #define wget_trivial_usage \ | |
| "[-c|--continue] [-q|--quiet] [-O|--output-document file]\n" \ | |
| - | "\t[--header 'header: value'] [-Y|--proxy on/off] [-P DIR] url" |
| + | "\t\t[--header 'header: value'] [-Y|--proxy on/off] [-P DIR] url" |
| #define wget_full_usage \ | |
| "wget retrieves files via HTTP or FTP\n\n" \ | |
| "Options:\n" \ | |