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Matt Kraai 782ab3ccf8 Simplify pathname building, in which a bug was noted by Larry Doolittle,
a patch was provided by Vladimir Oleynik, and am improved patch commited
by me.
2001-04-23 01:07:00 +00:00
applets Applied patch from I.Q. to add sort -u as a feature. 2001-04-17 18:56:18 +00:00
archival Eliminate spurious warning, convert to getopt, and eliminate redundant check. 2001-04-18 16:05:34 +00:00
console-tools -Wshadow loadacm fix from Jeff Garzik 2001-03-23 17:03:28 +00:00
coreutils Simplify pathname building, in which a bug was noted by Larry Doolittle, 2001-04-23 01:07:00 +00:00
debian This has two patches. First it moves interface.c to libbb (it is 2001-04-19 16:55:27 +00:00
docs - updated busybox_header.pod by adding adjtimex to the list. 2001-04-17 23:57:23 +00:00
editors Fixed a buglet where an extra newline was being added after an insert command 2001-04-20 23:41:44 +00:00
examples Added some help messages. 2001-04-17 17:37:47 +00:00
findutils The tiniest of bracket-placement fixes. 2001-04-17 17:30:44 +00:00
include Applied patch from Larry Doolittle to give users the third option of putting 2001-04-20 17:40:33 +00:00
init Fix comment. 2001-04-12 20:12:16 +00:00
libbb Fix horrible, horrible memmory leak. I wondered why processes were dying ! 2001-04-21 10:26:15 +00:00
miscutils Ha. Regression testing found a bug with uClibc support. Fixed. 2001-04-10 19:03:03 +00:00
modutils Fix infinite loop and reallocate if too many modules. 2001-04-13 14:40:15 +00:00
networking Applied a patch from Laurence Anderson to fix the wget statusbar and a patch 2001-04-17 18:13:16 +00:00
procps Added some more '/* getopt not needed */' lines. 2001-03-09 23:59:51 +00:00
scripts Added some help messages. 2001-04-17 17:37:47 +00:00
shell Another banner consolidation from Larry Doolittle <ldoolitt@recycle.lbl.gov>. 2001-04-12 20:44:21 +00:00
sysklogd Use date -u instead of date --utc and consolidate version string. 2001-04-12 20:11:55 +00:00
tests Some more tests for cut. Craig Matsuura said he saw some problems along these 2001-03-27 20:48:01 +00:00
util-linux Convert mount to use getopt. 2001-04-17 04:48:51 +00:00
.cvsignore update .cvsignore files to note new location of loop.h 2001-03-17 00:15:02 +00:00
.indent.pro First revision of the Busybox Style Guide and an accompanying .indent.pro 2000-07-24 22:36:06 +00:00
adjtimex.c A number of cleanups. Now compiles with libc5, glibc, and uClibc. Fix a few 2001-04-05 03:14:39 +00:00
applets.c Make 'busybox --help' work as expected, closing bug #1139 2001-04-03 17:05:01 +00:00
applets.h I said no new features till after the 0.51 release. Well, I lied. This is a 2001-04-04 17:31:15 +00:00
ar.c Rename variable that shadows global 2001-04-12 16:37:13 +00:00
AUTHORS Apply Vladimir's latest cleanup patch. 2001-04-09 22:48:12 +00:00
basename.c Added some more '/* getopt not needed */' lines. 2001-03-09 23:59:51 +00:00
busybox.c Apply Vladimir's latest cleanup patch. 2001-04-09 22:48:12 +00:00
busybox.h Applied patch from Larry Doolittle to give users the third option of putting 2001-04-20 17:40:33 +00:00
busybox.mkll Per Vladimir's suggestion, force the locale to POSIX for all 2001-03-08 21:42:11 +00:00
busybox.sh Per Vladimir's suggestion, force the locale to POSIX for all 2001-03-08 21:42:11 +00:00
busybox.spec Bump version number to 0.51 2001-04-09 22:18:14 +00:00
cat.c Patchs from Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> to cleanup 2001-03-09 14:36:42 +00:00
Changelog Several fixes from Sterling Huxley for the vi applet. 2001-04-16 15:46:44 +00:00
chmod_chown_chgrp.c Update how we detect if libc5 is in use. 2001-04-09 23:52:18 +00:00
chroot.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
chvt.c Added some more '/* getopt not needed */' lines. 2001-03-09 23:59:51 +00:00
clear.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
cmdedit.c Apply Vladimir's latest cleanup patch. 2001-04-09 22:48:12 +00:00
cmdedit.h Update the lash shell (hopefully the last time...) so things like 2001-03-13 22:57:56 +00:00
cmp.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
Config.h Applied patch from Larry Doolittle to give users the third option of putting 2001-04-20 17:40:33 +00:00
Config.h.Hurd This has two patches. First it moves interface.c to libbb (it is 2001-04-19 16:55:27 +00:00
cp_mv.c copy_file_chunk uses streams now. 2001-04-11 16:23:35 +00:00
cut.c Removed trailing \n from error_msg{,_and_die} messages. 2001-01-31 19:00:21 +00:00
date.c A cleanup patch from Jeff Garzik to static-ify a number of 2001-03-09 21:24:12 +00:00
dc.c Patchs from Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> to cleanup 2001-03-09 14:36:42 +00:00
dd.c A number of cleanups. Now compiles with libc5, glibc, and uClibc. Fix a few 2001-04-05 03:14:39 +00:00
deallocvt.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
df.c Fixed df.c so that nfs volumes will display properly (fixing bug #1113). 2001-03-09 22:42:26 +00:00
dirname.c Fix buffer underrun noted and solved by Larry Doolittle. 2001-04-19 14:56:23 +00:00
dmesg.c A number of cleanups. Now compiles with libc5, glibc, and uClibc. Fix a few 2001-04-05 03:14:39 +00:00
dos2unix.c Fix dos2unix/tr problem noted by Larry Doolittle. 2001-04-12 21:38:06 +00:00
dpkg_deb.c dpkg improvements, use full package struct, avoid extracting to tmp dir, rename variable. 2001-04-16 04:52:19 +00:00
dpkg.c Write full status file 2001-04-16 10:26:46 +00:00
du.c Apply Vladimir's latest cleanup patch. 2001-04-09 22:48:12 +00:00
dumpkmap.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
dutmp.c Ha. Regression testing found a bug with uClibc support. Fixed. 2001-04-10 19:03:03 +00:00
echo.c Apply Vladimir's latest cleanup patch. 2001-04-09 22:48:12 +00:00
env.c Add in a new standalone env applet for fixing up app's environments 2001-03-29 22:48:33 +00:00
expr.c Another cleanup patch from Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> 2001-03-19 23:49:41 +00:00
fbset.c Update the documentation so examples are autoincluded in the output text. 2001-03-15 18:14:25 +00:00
fdflush.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
find.c Applied patch from David Douthitt to re-add -print option to find. 2001-03-28 22:04:42 +00:00
free.c Added some more '/* getopt not needed */' lines. 2001-03-09 23:59:51 +00:00
freeramdisk.c This patch, put together by Manuel Novoa III, is a merge of work 2001-02-14 21:23:06 +00:00
fsck_minix.c A nice patch from Larry Doolittle that adds -Wshadow and 2001-03-21 07:34:27 +00:00
getopt.c A cleanup patch from Jeff Garzik to static-ify a number of 2001-03-09 21:24:12 +00:00
grep.c The tiniest of bracket-placement fixes. 2001-04-17 17:30:44 +00:00
gunzip.c Eliminate spurious warning, convert to getopt, and eliminate redundant check. 2001-04-18 16:05:34 +00:00
gzip.c Eliminate spurious warning, convert to getopt, and eliminate redundant check. 2001-04-18 16:05:34 +00:00
halt.c Changed names of functions in utility.c and all affected files, to make 2000-12-07 19:56:48 +00:00
head.c A cleanup patch from Jeff Garzik to static-ify a number of 2001-03-09 21:24:12 +00:00
hostid.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
hostname.c A cleanup patch from Jeff Garzik to static-ify a number of 2001-03-09 21:24:12 +00:00
id.c Patch from Vladimir N. Oleynik to save 128 bytes by moving error 2001-02-27 18:22:03 +00:00
ifconfig.c Fix in_ether bug regarding hex digits reported by Jonas Holmberg <jonas.holmberg@axis.com>. 2001-03-26 16:26:16 +00:00
init.c Fix comment. 2001-04-12 20:12:16 +00:00
insmod.c Another iteration -- adjust the init_module syscall a bit. 2001-04-05 07:33:10 +00:00
install.sh Per Vladimir's suggestion, force the locale to POSIX for all 2001-03-08 21:42:11 +00:00
kill.c A cleanup patch from Jeff Garzik to static-ify a number of 2001-03-09 21:24:12 +00:00
klogd.c Use date -u instead of date --utc and consolidate version string. 2001-04-12 20:11:55 +00:00
lash.c Another banner consolidation from Larry Doolittle <ldoolitt@recycle.lbl.gov>. 2001-04-12 20:44:21 +00:00
length.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
LICENSE Fix up copyright msgs. Bump version to 0.49 in preparation for 2001-01-27 09:33:39 +00:00
ln.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
loadacm.c -Wshadow loadacm fix from Jeff Garzik 2001-03-23 17:03:28 +00:00
loadfont.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
loadkmap.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
logger.c Applied patch from Gennady Feldman to split up syslogd.c into syslogd and 2001-03-12 22:51:50 +00:00
logname.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
logread.c Update how we detect if libc5 is in use. 2001-04-09 23:52:18 +00:00
ls.c Simplify pathname building, in which a bug was noted by Larry Doolittle, 2001-04-23 01:07:00 +00:00
lsmod.c Fix infinite loop and reallocate if too many modules. 2001-04-13 14:40:15 +00:00
makedevs.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
Makefile This has two patches. First it moves interface.c to libbb (it is 2001-04-19 16:55:27 +00:00
md5sum.c Handle endian-ness. Patch from Paul J.Y. Lahaie <pjlahaie@linuxcare.com> 2001-04-14 03:33:33 +00:00
messages.c Use date -u instead of date --utc and consolidate version string. 2001-04-12 20:11:55 +00:00
mk_loop_h.sh Update the build system for pristine source directory builds. This 2001-02-17 00:42:47 +00:00
mkdir.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
mkfifo.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
mkfs_minix.c Another cleanup patch from Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> 2001-03-19 23:49:41 +00:00
mknod.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
mkswap.c A cleanup patch from Jeff Garzik to static-ify a number of 2001-03-09 21:24:12 +00:00
mktemp.c Patchs from Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> to cleanup 2001-03-09 14:36:42 +00:00
more.c Fix return code and don't output spurious newlines. 2001-04-12 20:51:01 +00:00
mount.c Convert mount to use getopt. 2001-04-17 04:48:51 +00:00
mt.c Patchs from Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> to cleanup 2001-03-09 14:36:42 +00:00
nc.c Patchs from Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> to cleanup 2001-03-09 14:36:42 +00:00
nfsmount.c Clean up more local vars which shadow globals 2001-03-21 21:52:25 +00:00
nfsmount.h Silence a silly warning 2001-03-09 22:17:59 +00:00
nslookup.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
ping.c Update how we detect if libc5 is in use. 2001-04-09 23:52:18 +00:00
pivot_root.c A number of cleanups. Now compiles with libc5, glibc, and uClibc. Fix a few 2001-04-05 03:14:39 +00:00
poweroff.c Changed names of functions in utility.c and all affected files, to make 2000-12-07 19:56:48 +00:00
printf.c locale correction patch from Vladimir 2001-03-19 19:25:49 +00:00
pristine_setup.sh Per Vladimir's suggestion, force the locale to POSIX for all 2001-03-08 21:42:11 +00:00
ps.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
pwd.c Apply Vladimir's latest cleanup patch. 2001-04-09 22:48:12 +00:00
rdate.c A nice patch from Larry Doolittle that adds -Wshadow and 2001-03-21 07:34:27 +00:00
readlink.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
README Doc update for the 0.51 release. 2001-04-10 20:10:55 +00:00
reboot.c A patch from Matt Kraai that adds a new 'shutdown' action to busybox init. Now 2001-04-03 18:01:51 +00:00
renice.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
reset.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
rm.c Vladimir's patch to reverse previous patch 2001-04-11 17:20:44 +00:00
rmdir.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
rmmod.c A number of cleanups. Now compiles with libc5, glibc, and uClibc. Fix a few 2001-04-05 03:14:39 +00:00
route.c A nice patch from Larry Doolittle that adds -Wshadow and 2001-03-21 07:34:27 +00:00
rpmunpack.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
sed.c Fixed a buglet where an extra newline was being added after an insert command 2001-04-20 23:41:44 +00:00
setkeycodes.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
sh.c Another banner consolidation from Larry Doolittle <ldoolitt@recycle.lbl.gov>. 2001-04-12 20:44:21 +00:00
sleep.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
sort.c Applied patch from I.Q. to add sort -u as a feature. 2001-04-17 18:56:18 +00:00
stty.c Applied patch from Vladimir N. Oleynik that fixes incorrect behaviour in 2001-03-02 20:00:54 +00:00
swaponoff.c A number of cleanups. Now compiles with libc5, glibc, and uClibc. Fix a few 2001-04-05 03:14:39 +00:00
sync.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
syslogd.c Use date -u instead of date --utc and consolidate version string. 2001-04-12 20:11:55 +00:00
tail.c A cleanup patch from Jeff Garzik to static-ify a number of 2001-03-09 21:24:12 +00:00
tar.c readTarFile changed from exter nto static 2001-04-11 16:49:07 +00:00
tee.c This patch, put together by Manuel Novoa III, is a merge of work 2001-02-14 21:23:06 +00:00
telnet.c Another cleanup patch from Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> 2001-03-19 23:49:41 +00:00
test.c Another cleanup patch from Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> 2001-03-19 23:49:41 +00:00
tftp.c A number of cleanups. Now compiles with libc5, glibc, and uClibc. Fix a few 2001-04-05 03:14:39 +00:00
TODO - usage.h 2001-04-17 17:09:34 +00:00
touch.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
tr.c Apply Vladimir's latest cleanup patch. 2001-04-09 22:48:12 +00:00
true_false.c Patch from Jeff Garzik marking a few 'getopt not needed' apps. 2001-03-09 21:28:09 +00:00
tty.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
umount.c Move the mtab support stuff into libbb 2001-04-01 16:01:11 +00:00
uname.c Patchs from Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> to cleanup 2001-03-09 14:36:42 +00:00
uniq.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
unix2dos.c This patch, put together by Manuel Novoa III, is a merge of work 2001-02-14 21:23:06 +00:00
update.c Update how we detect if libc5 is in use. 2001-04-09 23:52:18 +00:00
uptime.c Added some more '/* getopt not needed */' lines. 2001-03-09 23:59:51 +00:00
usage.c Another update to the way usage messages are done by Evin Robertson 2001-02-22 01:15:47 +00:00
usage.h Applied patch from I.Q. to add sort -u as a feature. 2001-04-17 18:56:18 +00:00
usleep.c Another cleanup patch from Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> 2001-03-19 23:49:41 +00:00
uudecode.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
uuencode.c A cleanup patch from Jeff Garzik to static-ify a number of 2001-03-09 21:24:12 +00:00
vi.c Several fixes from Sterling Huxley for the vi applet. 2001-04-16 15:46:44 +00:00
watchdog.c Patch from Jeff Garzik marking a few 'getopt not needed' apps. 2001-03-09 21:28:09 +00:00
wc.c A cleanup patch from Jeff Garzik to static-ify a number of 2001-03-09 21:24:12 +00:00
wget.c Applied a patch from Laurence Anderson to fix the wget statusbar and a patch 2001-04-17 18:13:16 +00:00
which.c Patch from Jeff Garzik marking a few 'getopt not needed' apps. 2001-03-09 21:28:09 +00:00
whoami.c Patch from Jeff Garzik marking a few 'getopt not needed' apps. 2001-03-09 21:28:09 +00:00
xargs.c xstrdup xargs cleanup from Jeff Garzik 2001-03-23 17:11:22 +00:00
yes.c Patch from Jeff Garzik marking a few 'getopt not needed' apps. 2001-03-09 21:28:09 +00:00

Please see the LICENSE file for copyright information.
    
BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single
small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for most of the utilities
you usually find in fileutils, shellutils, findutils, textutils, grep, gzip,
tar, etc. BusyBox provides a fairly complete POSIX environment for any small or
embedded system. 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 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, a shell, and a kernel.  For
a really minimal system, you can even use the busybox shell (not Bourne
compatible, but very small and quite usable) and the busybox vi editor.

BusyBox was originally written to support the Debian Rescue/Install disks, but
it also makes an excellent environment for any small or embedded system.

As of version 0.20 there is now a version number. : ) Also as of version 0.20,
BusyBox is now modularized to easily allow you to build only the components you
need, thereby reducing binary size. To turn off unwanted BusyBox components,
simply edit the file "Config.h" and comment out the components you do not need
using C++ style (//) comments.

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
compiled in functions.  By default, 'make install' will place the symlink
forest into `pwd`/_install unless you have defined the PREFIX environment
variable (i.e., 'make PREFIX=/tmp/foo install')

----------------
    
Supported architectures:

   Busybox in general will build on any architecture supported by gcc.  It has
   a few specialized features added for __sparc__ and __alpha__.  insmod
   functionality is currently limited to x86, ARM, SH3/4, powerpc, and MIPS.

Supported libcs:

   glibc-2.0.x, glibc-2.1.x, Linux-libc5, uClibc.  People are looking at
   newlib and diet-libc, but consider them unsupported, untested, or worse.

Supported kernels:

   Full functionality requires Linux 2.0.x, 2.2.x, or 2.4.x.  A large fraction
   of the code should run on just about anything.

----------------

Getting help:

When you find you need help, you can check out the BusyBox mailing list
archives at http://opensource.lineo.com/lists/busybox/ or even join
the mailing list if you are interested.

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Bugs:

If you find bugs, please submit a bug report.  Full instructions on how to
report a bug are found at http://bugs.lineo.com/Reporting.html.

For the impatient: To submit a bug, simply send an email describing the problem
to submit@bugs.lineo.com.  Bug reports should look something like this:

    To: submit@bugs.lineo.com
    From: diligent@testing.linux.org
    Subject: /bin/true doesn't work

    Package: busybox
    Version: 0.51

    When I invoke '/bin/true' it doesn't work.  I expected it to return 
    a "0" but it returned a "1" instead.  Here is the transcript:
	$ /bin/true ; echo $?
	1
    With GNU /bin/true, I get the following output:
	$ /bin/true ; echo $?
	0
    I am using Debian 2.2r2, kernel version 2.2.18, and the latest
    uClibc from CVS.  Thanks for the wonderful program!
	-Diligent

Note the careful description and use of examples showing not only what BusyBox
does, but also a counter example showing what an equivalent GNU app does.  Bug
reports lacking such detail may take a _long_ time to be fixed...  Thanks for
understanding.

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FTP:

Source for the latest released version can always be downloaded from 
    ftp://ftp.lineo.com/pub/busybox. 

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CVS:

BusyBox now has its own publicly browsable CVS tree at:
    http://opensource.lineo.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox/

Anonymous CVS access is available.  For instructions, check out:
    http://opensource.lineo.com/cvs_anon.html

For those that are actively contributing there is even CVS write access:
    http://opensource.lineo.com/cvs_write.html

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Please feed suggestions, bug reports, insults, and bribes back to:
	Erik Andersen 
	<andersen@lineo.com>
	<andersee@debian.org>
	<andersee@codepoet.org>

<blatant plug>
Many thanks to go to Lineo for paying me to work on busybox. 
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