1999-10-05 21:54:54 +05:30
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Please see the LICENSE file for copyright information.
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Busybox is a multicall binary used to provide a minimal subset of
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POSIX style commands and specialized functions.
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1999-10-21 03:38:37 +05:30
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It is geared toward the very small, i.e. boot floppies, embedded-
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systems, etc. Specifically it is used in the Debian Rescue/Install
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system (which caused the original busybox to be made), the Linux Router
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Project, and others.
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1999-10-05 21:54:54 +05:30
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As of version 0.20 there is a version number. : )
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Also as of version 0.20, BB is modularized to allow an easy build of
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only the BB parts you need, to reduce binary size.
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Edit the file busybox.def.h and comment out the parts you do not need
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using C++ comments (//)
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After the build is complete a busybox.links file is generated to allow
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you to easily make the sym/hard links to the busybox binary.
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1999-10-20 01:33:34 +05:30
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Note the modular system is Makefile based, and purposely very
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simplistic. It does no dependency checking. That is left for you
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to figure out by trial and error.
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Please feed patches back to:
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1999-10-20 01:33:34 +05:30
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Erik Andersen <andersee@deban.org>
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