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Eric Andersen
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| @@ -5,17 +5,18 @@ small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for most of the utilities | |
| you usually find in GNU coreutils, util-linux, etc. The utilities in BusyBox | |
| generally have fewer options than their full-featured GNU cousins; however, the | |
| options that are included provide the expected functionality and behave very | |
| - | much like their GNU counterparts. BusyBox provides a fairly complete POSIX |
| - | environment for any small or embedded system. |
| + | much like their GNU counterparts. |
| BusyBox has been written with size-optimization and limited resources in mind. | |
| It is also extremely modular so you can easily include or exclude commands (or | |
| features) at compile time. This makes it easy to customize your embedded | |
| systems. To create a working system, just add /dev, /etc, and a Linux kernel. | |
| + | BusyBox provides a fairly complete POSIX environment for any small or embedded |
| + | system. |
| BusyBox is extremely configurable. This allows you to include only the | |
| components you need, thereby reducing binary size. Run 'make config' or | |
| - | 'make menuconfig' for select the functionality that you wish to enable. |
| + | 'make menuconfig' to select the functionality that you wish to enable. |
| After the build is complete, a busybox.links file is generated. This is | |
| used by 'make install' to create symlinks to the BusyBox binary for all | |
docs/busybox.net/screenshot.html+23 -23
| @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ font-family: monospace; font-size: smaller;" width="100"> | |
| $ ./busybox | |
| - | BusyBox v1.00-pre3 (2003.09.12-05:48+0000) multi-call binary |
| + | BusyBox v1.00 (2004.04.06-14:56+0000) multi-call binary |
| Usage: busybox [function] [arguments]... | |
| or: [function] [arguments]... | |
| @@ -25,28 +25,28 @@ Usage: busybox [function] [arguments]... | |
| Currently defined functions: | |
| - | [, addgroup, adduser, adjtimex, ar, arping, ash, awk, basename, |
| - | bunzip2, busybox, bzcat, cal, cat, chgrp, chmod, chown, chroot, chvt, |
| - | clear, cmp, cp, cpio, crond, crontab, cut, date, dc, dd, deallocvt, |
| - | delgroup, deluser, df, dirname, dmesg, dos2unix, dpkg, dpkg-deb, du, |
| - | dumpkmap, dumpleases, echo, egrep, env, expr, false, fbset, fdflush, |
| - | fdformat, fgrep, find, fold, free, freeramdisk, fsck.minix, ftpget, |
| - | ftpput, getopt, getty, grep, gunzip, gzip, halt, head, hexdump, hostid, |
| - | hostname, httpd, hush, hwclock, id, ifconfig, ifdown, ifup, inetd, |
| - | init, insmod, ip, ipcalc, iplink, iproute, iptunnel, kill, killall, |
| - | klogd, lash, last, length, linuxrc, ln, loadfont, loadkmap, logger, |
| - | login, logname, logread, losetup, ls, lsmod, makedevs, md5sum, mesg, |
| - | minit, mkdir, mkfifo, mkfs.minix, mknod, mkswap, mktemp, modprobe, |
| - | more, mount, msh, msvc, mt, mv, nameif, nc, netstat, nslookup, od, |
| - | openvt, passwd, patch, pidfilehack, pidof, ping, ping6, pivot_root, |
| - | poweroff, printf, ps, pwd, rdate, readlink, realpath, reboot, renice, |
| - | reset, rm, rmdir, rmmod, route, rpm, rpm2cpio, run-parts, sed, |
| - | setkeycodes, sha1sum, sleep, sort, start-stop-daemon, strings, stty, |
| - | su, sulogin, swapoff, swapon, sync, syslogd, tail, tar, tee, telnet, |
| - | telnetd, test, tftp, time, top, touch, tr, traceroute, true, tty, |
| - | udhcpc, udhcpd, umount, uname, uncompress, uniq, unix2dos, unzip, |
| - | update, uptime, usleep, uudecode, uuencode, vconfig, vi, vlock, watch, |
| - | watchdog, wc, wget, which, who, whoami, xargs, yes, zcat |
| + | [, addgroup, adduser, adjtimex, ar, arping, ash, awk, basename, bunzip2, |
| + | busybox, bzcat, cal, cat, chgrp, chmod, chown, chroot, chvt, clear, cmp, |
| + | cp, cpio, crond, crontab, cut, date, dc, dd, deallocvt, delgroup, deluser, |
| + | devfsd, df, dirname, dmesg, dos2unix, dpkg, dpkg-deb, du, dumpkmap, |
| + | dumpleases, echo, egrep, env, expr, false, fbset, fdflush, fdformat, fdisk, |
| + | fgrep, find, fold, free, freeramdisk, fsck.minix, ftpget, ftpput, getopt, |
| + | getty, grep, gunzip, gzip, halt, hdparm, head, hexdump, hostid, hostname, |
| + | httpd, hush, hwclock, id, ifconfig, ifdown, ifup, inetd, init, insmod, |
| + | install, ip, ipcalc, iplink, iproute, iptunnel, kill, killall, klogd, lash, |
| + | last, length, linuxrc, ln, loadfont, loadkmap, logger, login, logname, |
| + | logread, losetup, ls, lsmod, makedevs, md5sum, mesg, mkdir, mkfifo, |
| + | mkfs.minix, mknod, mkswap, mktemp, modprobe, more, mount, msh, mt, mv, |
| + | nameif, nc, netstat, nslookup, od, openvt, passwd, patch, pidof, ping, |
| + | ping6, pipe_progress, pivot_root, poweroff, printf, ps, pwd, rdate, |
| + | readlink, realpath, reboot, renice, reset, rm, rmdir, rmmod, route, rpm, |
| + | rpm2cpio, run-parts, rx, sed, seq, setkeycodes, sha1sum, sleep, sort, |
| + | start-stop-daemon, strings, stty, su, sulogin, swapoff, swapon, sync, |
| + | sysctl, syslogd, tail, tar, tee, telnet, telnetd, test, tftp, time, top, |
| + | touch, tr, traceroute, true, tty, udhcpc, udhcpd, umount, uname, |
| + | uncompress, uniq, unix2dos, unzip, uptime, usleep, uudecode, uuencode, |
| + | vconfig, vi, vlock, watch, watchdog, wc, wget, which, who, whoami, xargs, |
| + | yes, zcat |
| $ <blink>_</blink> | |
docs/busybox_header.pod+31 -30
| @@ -17,17 +17,18 @@ small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for most of the utilities | |
| you usually find in GNU coreutils, util-linux, etc. The utilities in BusyBox | |
| generally have fewer options than their full-featured GNU cousins; however, the | |
| options that are included provide the expected functionality and behave very | |
| - | much like their GNU counterparts. BusyBox provides a fairly complete POSIX |
| - | environment for any small or embedded system. |
| + | much like their GNU counterparts. |
| BusyBox has been written with size-optimization and limited resources in mind. | |
| It is also extremely modular so you can easily include or exclude commands (or | |
| features) at compile time. This makes it easy to customize your embedded | |
| systems. To create a working system, just add /dev, /etc, and a Linux kernel. | |
| + | BusyBox provides a fairly complete POSIX environment for any small or embedded |
| + | system. |
| BusyBox is extremely configurable. This allows you to include only the | |
| components you need, thereby reducing binary size. Run 'make config' or 'make | |
| - | menuconfig' for select the functionality that you wish to enable. The run |
| + | menuconfig' to select the functionality that you wish to enable. The run |
| 'make' to compile BusyBox using your configuration. | |
| After the compile has finished, you should use 'make install' to install | |
| @@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ is just a single BusyBox binary, but that single binary acts like a large | |
| number of utilities. This allows BusyBox to be smaller since all the built-in | |
| utility programs (we call them applets) can share code for many common operations. | |
| - | You can also invoke BusyBox by issuing the command as an argument on the |
| + | You can also invoke BusyBox by issuing a command as an argument on the |
| command line. For example, entering | |
| /bin/busybox ls | |
| @@ -81,27 +82,27 @@ been enabled, more detailed usage information will also be available. | |
| Currently defined functions include: | |
| addgroup, adduser, adjtimex, ar, arping, ash, awk, basename, bunzip2, | |
| - | busybox, bzcat, cal, cat, chgrp, chmod, chown, chroot, chvt, clear, |
| - | cmp, cp, cpio, crond, crontab, cut, date, dc, dd, deallocvt, delgroup, |
| - | deluser, df, dirname, dmesg, dos2unix, dpkg, dpkg-deb, du, dumpkmap, |
| - | dumpleases, dutmp, echo, egrep, env, expr, false, fbset, fdflush, |
| - | fdformat, fgrep, find, fold, free, freeramdisk, fsck.minix, ftpget, |
| - | ftpput, getopt, getty, grep, gunzip, gzip, halt, hdparm, head, hexdump, |
| - | hostid, hostname, httpd, hush, hwclock, id, ifconfig, ifdown, ifup, |
| - | inetd, init, insmod, ip, ipcalc, iplink, iproute, iptunnel, kill, |
| - | killall, klogd, lash, length, linuxrc, ln, loadfont, loadkmap, logger, |
| - | login, logname, logread, losetup, ls, lsmod, makedevs, md5sum, mesg, |
| - | minit, mkdir, mkfifo, mkfs.minix, mknod, mkswap, mktemp, modprobe, |
| - | more, mount, msh, msvc, mt, mv, nameif, nc, netstat, nslookup, od, |
| - | openvt, passwd, patch, pidfilehack, pidof, ping, ping6, pivot_root, |
| - | poweroff, printf, ps, pwd, rdate, readlink, realpath, reboot, renice, |
| - | reset, rm, rmdir, rmmod, route, rpm, rpm2cpio, run-parts, sed, |
| - | setkeycodes, sha1sum, sleep, sort, start-stop-daemon, strings, stty, |
| - | su, sulogin, swapoff, swapon, sync, syslogd, tail, tar, tee, telnet, |
| - | telnetd, test, tftp, time, top, touch, tr, traceroute, true, tty, |
| - | udhcpc, udhcpd, umount, uname, uncompress, uniq, unix2dos, unzip, |
| - | uptime, usleep, uudecode, uuencode, vconfig, vi, vlock, watch, |
| - | watchdog, wc, wget, which, who, whoami, xargs, yes, zcat, [ |
| + | busybox, bzcat, cal, cat, chgrp, chmod, chown, chroot, chvt, clear, cmp, |
| + | cp, cpio, crond, crontab, cut, date, dc, dd, deallocvt, delgroup, deluser, |
| + | devfsd, df, dirname, dmesg, dos2unix, dpkg, dpkg-deb, du, dumpkmap, |
| + | dumpleases, echo, egrep, env, expr, false, fbset, fdflush, fdformat, fdisk, |
| + | fgrep, find, fold, free, freeramdisk, fsck.minix, ftpget, ftpput, getopt, |
| + | getty, grep, gunzip, gzip, halt, hdparm, head, hexdump, hostid, hostname, |
| + | httpd, hush, hwclock, id, ifconfig, ifdown, ifup, inetd, init, insmod, |
| + | install, ip, ipcalc, iplink, iproute, iptunnel, kill, killall, klogd, lash, |
| + | last, length, linuxrc, ln, loadfont, loadkmap, logger, login, logname, |
| + | logread, losetup, ls, lsmod, makedevs, md5sum, mesg, mkdir, mkfifo, |
| + | mkfs.minix, mknod, mkswap, mktemp, modprobe, more, mount, msh, mt, mv, |
| + | nameif, nc, netstat, nslookup, od, openvt, passwd, patch, pidof, ping, |
| + | ping6, pipe_progress, pivot_root, poweroff, printf, ps, pwd, rdate, |
| + | readlink, realpath, reboot, renice, reset, rm, rmdir, rmmod, route, rpm, |
| + | rpm2cpio, run-parts, rx, sed, seq, setkeycodes, sha1sum, sleep, sort, |
| + | start-stop-daemon, strings, stty, su, sulogin, swapoff, swapon, sync, |
| + | sysctl, syslogd, tail, tar, tee, telnet, telnetd, test, tftp, time, top, |
| + | touch, tr, traceroute, true, tty, udhcpc, udhcpd, umount, uname, |
| + | uncompress, uniq, unix2dos, unzip, uptime, usleep, uudecode, uuencode, |
| + | vconfig, vi, vlock, watch, watchdog, wc, wget, which, who, whoami, xargs, |
| + | yes, zcat |
| =head1 LIBC NSS | |
| @@ -110,8 +111,8 @@ of the C library for the local environment, and to configure how it reads | |
| system data, such as passwords and group information. This is implemented | |
| using an /etc/nsswitch.conf configuration file, and using one or more of the | |
| /lib/libnss_* libraries. BusyBox tries to avoid using any libc calls that make | |
| - | use of NSS. Some applets, such as login and su, will use libc functions that |
| - | usually require NSS. |
| + | use of NSS. Some applets however, such as login and su, will use libc functions |
| + | that require NSS. |
| If you enable CONFIG_USE_BB_PWD_GRP, BusyBox will use internal functions to | |
| directly access the /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and /etc/shadow files without | |
| @@ -122,9 +123,9 @@ When used with glibc, the BusyBox 'networking' applets will similarly require | |
| that you install at least some of the glibc NSS stuff (in particular, | |
| /etc/nsswitch.conf, /lib/libnss_dns*, /lib/libnss_files*, and /lib/libresolv*). | |
| - | Shameless Plug: As an alternative one could use a C library such as uClibc. In |
| - | addition to making your system significantly smaller, uClibc does not need or |
| - | use any NSS support files or libraries. |
| + | Shameless Plug: As an alternative, one could use a C library such as uClibc. In |
| + | addition to making your system significantly smaller, uClibc does not require the |
| + | use of any NSS support files or libraries. |
| =over 4 | |