BusyBox has support for embedded shell scripts. Two types can be
distinguished: custom scripts and scripts implementing applets.
Custom scripts should be placed in the 'embed' directory at build
time. They are given a default applet configuration and appear
as applets to the user but no further configuration is possible.
Applet scripts are integrated with the BusyBox build system and
are intended to be used to ship standard applets that just happen
to be implemented as scripts. They can be configured at build time
and appear just like native applets.
Such scripts should be placed in the 'applets_sh' directory. A stub
C program should be written to provide the usual applet configuration
details and placed in a suitable subsystem directory. It may be
helpful to have a configuration option to enable any dependencies the
script requires: see the 'nologin' applet for an example.
function old new delta
scripted_main - 41 +41
applet_names 2773 2781 +8
applet_main 1600 1604 +4
i2cdetect_main 672 674 +2
applet_suid 100 101 +1
applet_install_loc 200 201 +1
applet_flags 100 101 +1
packed_usage 33180 33179 -1
tryexec 159 152 -7
evalcommand 1661 1653 -8
script_names 9 - -9
packed_scripts 123 114 -9
complete_cmd_dir_file 826 811 -15
shellexec 271 254 -17
find_command 1007 990 -17
busybox_main 642 624 -18
run_applet_and_exit 100 78 -22
find_script_by_name 51 - -51
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text data bss dec hex filename
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Signed-off-by: Ron Yorston <rmy@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
To assist in the deployment of shell scripts it may be convenient
to embed them in the BusyBox binary.
'Embed scripts in the binary' takes any files in the directory
'embed', concatenates them with null separators, compresses them
and embeds them in the binary.
When scripts are embedded in the binary, scripts can be run as
'busybox SCRIPT [ARGS]' or by usual (sym)link mechanism.
embed/nologin is provided as an example.
function old new delta
packed_scripts - 123 +123
unpack_scripts - 87 +87
ash_main 1103 1171 +68
run_applet_and_exit 78 128 +50
get_script_content - 32 +32
script_names - 10 +10
expmeta 663 659 -4
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Signed-off-by: Ron Yorston <rmy@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
