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Please see the LICENSE file for copyright information.
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BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single
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small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for most of the utilities
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you usually find in fileutils, shellutils, findutils, textutils, grep, gzip,
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tar, etc. BusyBox provides a fairly complete POSIX environment for any small or
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emdedded system. The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options then
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their full featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included provide
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the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU counterparts.
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BusyBox has been written with size-optimization and limited resources in mind.
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It is also extremely modular so you can easily include or exclude commands (or
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features) at compile time. This makes it easy to customize your embedded
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systems. To create a working system, just add a kernel, a shell (such as ash),
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and an editor (such as elvis-tiny or ae).
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Busybox was originally written to support the Debian Rescue/Install disks, but
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it also makes an excellent environment for any small or embedded system.
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As of version 0.20 there is a version number. : ) Also as of version 0.20,
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BusyBox is now modularized to easily allow you to build only the components you
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need, thereby reducing binary size. To turn off unwanted Busybox components,
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simply edit the file busybox.def.h and comment out the components you do not
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need using C++ style (//) comments.
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After the build is complete a busybox.links file is generated which is then
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used by 'make install' to create symlinks to the busybox binary for all
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compiled in functions. By default, 'make install' will place the symlink
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forest into `pwd`/_install unless you have defined the PREFIX environment
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variable (i.e. make PREFIX="/tmp/foo" install)
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Getting help:
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When you find you need help, you can check out the BusyBox mailing list
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archives at http://opensource.lineo.com/lists/busybox/ or even join
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the mailing list if you are interested.
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Bugs:
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If you find bugs, follow the instructions at http://bugs.lineo.com/Reporting.html
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and submit a bug report. This way, we can be sure nothing falls through the
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cracks...
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FTP:
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Source for the latest released version can always be downloaded from
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ftp://ftp.lineo.com/pub/busybox.
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CVS:
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BusyBox now has its own publically browsable CVS tree at:
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http://opensource.lineo.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox/
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Anonymous CVS access is available. For instructions, check out:
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http://opensource.lineo.com/cvs_anon.html
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For those that are actively contributing there is even CVS write access:
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http://opensource.lineo.com/cvs_write.html
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Please feed suggestions, bug reports, insults, and bribes back to:
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Erik Andersen
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<andersen@lineo.com>
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<andersee@debian.org>
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<blatent plug>
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Many thanks to go to Lineo for paying me to work on busybox.
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</blatent plug>
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