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applets 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
archival gz_open and gz_close were left in, even when BB_FEATURE_TAR_GZIP was disabled. 2001-03-29 14:22:45 +00:00
console-tools -Wshadow loadacm fix from Jeff Garzik 2001-03-23 17:03:28 +00:00
coreutils Place a temporary bandaid on the ls/du/df human-readable issue. This method is 2001-04-03 23:14:29 +00:00
debian Move the mtab support stuff into libbb 2001-04-01 16:01:11 +00:00
docs A patch from Matt Kraai that adds a new 'shutdown' action to busybox init. Now 2001-04-03 18:01:51 +00:00
editors 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
examples Update files and version number prepratory to cutting a release. 2001-03-15 22:12:43 +00:00
findutils Applied patch from David Douthitt to re-add -print option to find. 2001-03-28 22:04:42 +00:00
include Seems that stupid libc5 doesn't implement daemon(), so conditionally 2001-04-04 19:25:57 +00:00
init A patch from Matt Kraai that adds a new 'shutdown' action to busybox init. Now 2001-04-03 18:01:51 +00:00
libbb Seems that stupid libc5 doesn't implement daemon(), so conditionally 2001-04-04 19:25:57 +00:00
miscutils Added adjtimex applet from Larry Doolittle. 2001-03-20 19:18:10 +00:00
modutils Patch from Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@de.bosch.com> to 2001-03-22 19:01:16 +00:00
networking Fix in_ether bug regarding hex digits reported by Jonas Holmberg <jonas.holmberg@axis.com>. 2001-03-26 16:26:16 +00:00
procps Added some more '/* getopt not needed */' lines. 2001-03-09 23:59:51 +00:00
scripts Script that generates a script that will convert oddball variable names to K&R 2001-03-14 21:04:07 +00:00
shell Avoid segfault when export is invoked with no arguments. Thanks to 2001-04-04 17:50:04 +00:00
sysklogd Use daemon() to spawn syslogd and klogd daemons. 2001-03-29 21:58:33 +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 Move the mtab support stuff into libbb 2001-04-01 16:01:11 +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 Added adjtimex applet from Larry Doolittle. 2001-03-20 19:18:10 +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 This patch, put together by Manuel Novoa III, is a merge of work 2001-02-14 21:23:06 +00:00
AUTHORS Changed email address to codepoet.org, updated list of applets / docs I 2001-01-04 22:21:13 +00:00
basename.c Added some more '/* getopt not needed */' lines. 2001-03-09 23:59:51 +00:00
busybox.c Make 'busybox --help' work as expected, closing bug #1139 2001-04-03 17:05:01 +00:00
busybox.h In fact, socklen_t *is* defined by libc5. 2001-03-27 18:22:00 +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 Update files and version number prepratory to cutting a release. 2001-03-15 22:12:43 +00:00
cat.c Patchs from Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> to cleanup 2001-03-09 14:36:42 +00:00
Changelog 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
chmod_chown_chgrp.c Patch from Vladimir N. Oleynik to save 128 bytes by moving error 2001-02-27 18:22:03 +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 Another cleanup patch from Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> 2001-03-19 23:49:41 +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 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
Config.h.Hurd Change BB_FEATURE_TRIVIAL_HELP to BB_FEATURE_VERBOSE_USAGE (per bug #1130). 2001-03-27 21:57:29 +00:00
cp_mv.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +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 nice patch from Larry Doolittle that adds -Wshadow and 2001-03-21 07:34:27 +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 Added some more '/* getopt not needed */' lines. 2001-03-09 23:59:51 +00:00
dmesg.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
dos2unix.c Add in kent robotti's updated dos2unix.c 2001-02-22 23:37:30 +00:00
dpkg_deb.c This patch, put together by Manuel Novoa III, is a merge of work 2001-02-14 21:23:06 +00:00
dpkg.c If only BB_DPKG was enabled in Config.h, busybox would not build; it'd say: 2001-03-15 17:39:29 +00:00
du.c Patchs from Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> to cleanup 2001-03-09 14:36:42 +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 It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +00:00
echo.c A nice patch from Larry Doolittle that adds -Wshadow and 2001-03-21 07:34:27 +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 This patch, put together by Manuel Novoa III, is a merge of work 2001-02-14 21:23:06 +00:00
gunzip.c gz_open and gz_close were left in, even when BB_FEATURE_TAR_GZIP was disabled. 2001-03-29 14:22:45 +00:00
gzip.c Add functions that were shared with gunzip.c, gunzip about to change. 2001-03-28 05:35:16 +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 A patch from Matt Kraai that adds a new 'shutdown' action to busybox init. Now 2001-04-03 18:01:51 +00:00
insmod.c Patch from Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@de.bosch.com> to 2001-03-22 19:01:16 +00:00
install.sh Per Vladimir's suggestion, force the locale to POSIX for all 2001-03-08 21:42:11 +00:00
interface.c Fix stupid cut-and-paste bug... output RX/TX bytes instead of RX/RX bytes. 2001-03-15 15:37:48 +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 daemon() to spawn syslogd and klogd daemons. 2001-03-29 21:58:33 +00:00
lash.c Avoid segfault when export is invoked with no arguments. Thanks to 2001-04-04 17:50:04 +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 -Wshadow logread fix from Jeff Garzik 2001-03-23 17:04:47 +00:00
ls.c Place a temporary bandaid on the ls/du/df human-readable issue. This method is 2001-04-03 23:14:29 +00:00
lsmod.c Patchs from Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> to cleanup 2001-03-09 14:36:42 +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 Seems that stupid libc5 doesn't implement daemon(), so conditionally 2001-04-04 19:25:57 +00:00
md5sum.c Eliminate superfluous test. 2001-03-07 21:45:13 +00:00
messages.c Remove the "GPL2" bit, since it hung over the end of the line. 2001-03-15 22:58:11 +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 Patch to use xfopen from Jeff Garzik 2001-03-23 17:09:15 +00:00
mount.c Move the mtab support stuff into libbb 2001-04-01 16:01:11 +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 Fix socklen_t for libc5 2001-03-14 01:23:07 +00:00
pivot_root.c Stub out the syscall, not the whole application. The stubbed 2001-02-24 19:17:07 +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 /* getopt not needed */ 2001-03-10 00:13:20 +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 Fix up copyright msgs. Bump version to 0.49 in preparation for 2001-01-27 09:33:39 +00:00
real_loop.h More portable handling of loop header files, as done in util-linux 2000-09-21 02:04:51 +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 Simpify detection of no options. 2001-03-19 19:40:43 +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 Applied patch from Jeff Garzik to getopt-ify rmmod. 2001-03-09 21:49:12 +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 Applied patch from Anthony Towns that he posted to Debian bug tracking. 2001-03-26 16:47:57 +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 Avoid segfault when export is invoked with no arguments. Thanks to 2001-04-04 17:50:04 +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 A cleanup patch from Jeff Garzik to static-ify a number of 2001-03-09 21:24:12 +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 cleanup patch from Jeff Garzik to static-ify a number of 2001-03-09 21:24:12 +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 daemon() to spawn syslogd and klogd daemons. 2001-03-29 21:58:33 +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 Fixes from Robert Kaiser 2001-03-28 23:57:51 +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 xstrdup tftp cleanup from Jeff Garzik 2001-03-23 17:10:19 +00:00
TODO Commit Vladimir's latest version of stty.c. Nice work. 2001-02-14 18:47:33 +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 -Wshadow tr fix from Jeff Garzik 2001-03-23 17:08:21 +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 It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +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 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
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 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
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 A nice patch from Larry Doolittle that adds -Wshadow and 2001-03-21 07:34:27 +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 kernel, and an editor,
such as nano, e3, or elvis-tiny.  For a really minimal system, you can even use
the busybox shell (not Bourne compatible, but very small and quite usable).

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, and SH3/4.

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.

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

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: 0.48

    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.

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

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>

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