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<B>B u s y B o x</B>
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<a href="/"><IMG SRC="images/busybox2.jpg" alt="BusyBox" border="0" width="360" height="230"></a><BR>
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<A NAME="intro"> <BIG><B>
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The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux
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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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embedded system. The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than
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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 /dev, /etc, and a kernel.
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BusyBox is maintained by
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<a href="http://codepoet.org/andersen/erik/erik.html">
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Erik Andersen</a>, and licensed under the
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<a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE</a>.
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<p>
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<h3> Screenshot </h3>
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<p> Because everybody loves screenshots, a screenshot of BusyBox
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is now available <a href="screenshot.html">right here</a>.
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<H3>Mailing List Information</h3>
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BusyBox now has a <a href="http://busybox.net/lists/busybox/">mailing list</a>!
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To subscribe, go and visit <a href="http://busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox">this page</a>.
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Latest News
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<ul>
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<li> <b>20 November 2001 -- BusyBox 0.60.2 released</b>
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<p>
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I am very pleased to announce that the BusyBox 0.60.2 (stable) is now
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released to the world. This one is primarily a bugfix release for the
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stable series, and I believe it should take care of most everyone's needs
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till we can get the nice new stuff we have been working on in CVS ready to
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release (with the wonderful new buildsystem). The biggest change in this
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release (beyond bugfixes) is the fact that msh (the minix shell) has been
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re-worked by Vladimir N. Oleynik (vodz) and so it no longer crashes when
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told to do complex things with backticks.
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<p>
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I've personally tested this release out
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on x86, ARM, and powerpc using glibc 2.2.4, libc5, and uClibc, so
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it should work with just about any Linux system you throw it at.
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See the <a href="ftp://busybox.net/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a>
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for <small>most of</small> the details. The last release was
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<em>very</em> solid for people, and this one should be even better.
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<p>
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As usual BusyBox 0.60.2 can be downloaded from
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<a href="ftp://busybox.net/busybox">ftp://busybox.net/busybox</a>.
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<p>
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And please read the news item for the 18th as well. Have Fun.<br> -Erik
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<p>
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<li> <b>18 November 2001 -- Help us buy busybox.net!</b>
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Click here to help buy busybox.net!
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<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
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<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick">
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<input type="hidden" name="business" value="andersen@codepoet.org">
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<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Support Busybox/Buy busybox.net">
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<input type="hidden" name="image_url" value="https://busybox.net/images/busybox2.jpg">
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<input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1">
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<input type="image" src="images/donate.png" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make donation using PayPal">
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I've contacted the current owner of busybox.net and he is willing
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to sell the domain name -- for $250. He also owns busybox.org but
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will not part with it... I will then need to pay the registry fee
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for a couple of years and start paying for bandwidth, so this will
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initially cost about $300. I would like to host busybox.net on my
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home machine (codepoet.org) so I have full control over the system,
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but to do that would require that I increase the level of bandwidth
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I am paying for. Did you know that so far this month, there
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have been over 1.4 Gigabytes of busybox ftp downloads? I don't
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even <em>know</em> how much CVS bandwidth it requires. For the
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time being, Lineo has continued to graciously provide this
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bandwidth, despite the fact that I no longer work for them. If I
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start running this all on my home machine, paying for the needed bandwidth
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will start costing some money.
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<p>
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I was going to pay it all myself, but my wife didn't like that
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idea at all (big surprise). It turns out <insert argument
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where she wins and I don't> she has better ideas
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about what we should spend our money on that don't involve
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busybox. She suggested I should ask for contributions on the
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mailing list and web page. So...
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<p>
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I am hoping that if everyone could contribute a bit, we could pick
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up the busybox.net domain name and cover the bandwidth costs. I
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know that busybox is being used by a lot of companies as well as
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individuals -- hopefully people and companies that are willing to
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contribute back a bit. So if everyone could please help out, that
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would be wonderful!
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<p>
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<li> <b>23 August 2001 -- BusyBox 0.60.1 released</b>
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<br>
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This is a relatively minor bug fixing release that fixes
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up the bugs that have shown up in the stable release in
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the last few weeks. Fortunately, nothing <em>too</em>
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serious has shown up. This release only fixes bugs -- no
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new features, no new applets. So without further ado,
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here it is. Come and get it.
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<p>
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The
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<a href="ftp://busybox.net/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a> has all
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the details. As usual BusyBox 0.60.1 can be downloaded from
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<a href="ftp://busybox.net/busybox">ftp://busybox.net/busybox</a>.
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<p>Have Fun!
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<p>
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<li> <b>2 August 2001 -- BusyBox 0.60.0 released</b>
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<br>
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I am very pleased to announce the immediate availability of
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BusyBox 0.60.0. I have personally tested this release with libc5, glibc,
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and <a href="http://uclibc.org/">uClibc</a> on
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x86, ARM, and powerpc using linux 2.2 and 2.4, and I know a number
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of people using it on everything from ia64 to m68k with great success.
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Everything seems to be working very nicely now, so getting a nice
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stable bug-free(tm) release out seems to be in order. This releases fixes
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a memory leak in syslogd, a number of bugs in the ash and msh shells, and
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cleans up a number of things.
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<p>
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Those wanting an easy way to test the 0.60.0 release with uClibc can
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use <a href="http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/">User-Mode Linux</a>
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to give it a try by downloading and compiling
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<a href="ftp://busybox.net/buildroot.tar.gz">buildroot.tar.gz</a>.
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You don't have to be root or reboot your machine to run test this way.
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Preconfigured User-Mode Linux kernel source is also on busybox.net.
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<p>
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Another cool thing is the nifty <a href="ftp://busybox.net/busybox/tutorial/index.html">
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BusyBox Tutorial</a> contributed by K Computing. This requires
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a ShockWave plugin (or standalone viewer), so you may want to grab the
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the GPLed shockwave viewer from <a href="http://www.swift-tools.com/Flash/flash-0.4.10.tgz">here</a>
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to view the tutorial.
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<p>
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Finally, In case you didn't notice anything odd about the
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version number of this release, let me point out that this release
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is <em>not</em> 0.53, because I bumped the version number up a
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bit. This reflects the fact that this release is intended to form
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a new stable BusyBox release series. If you need to rely on a
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stable version of BusyBox, you should plan on using the stable
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0.60.x series. If bugs show up then I will release 0.60.1, then
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0.60.2, etc... This is also intended to deal with the fact that
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the BusyBox build system will be getting a major overhaul for the
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next release and I don't want that to break products that people
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are shipping. To avoid that, the new build system will be
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released as part of a new BusyBox development series that will
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have some not-yet-decided-on odd version number. Once things
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stabilize and the new build system is working for everyone, then
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I will release that as a new stable release series.
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<p>
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The
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<a href="ftp://busybox.net/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a> has all
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the details. As usual BusyBox 0.60.0 can be downloaded from
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<a href="ftp://busybox.net/busybox">ftp://busybox.net/busybox</a>.
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<p>Have Fun!
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<p>
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<li> <b>7 July 2001 -- BusyBox 0.52 released</b>
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<br>
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I am very pleased to announce the immediate availability of
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BusyBox 0.52 (the "new-and-improved rock-solid release"). This
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release is the result of <em>many</em> hours of work and has tons
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of bugfixes, optimizations, and cleanups. This release adds
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several new applets, including several new shells (such as hush, msh,
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and ash).
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<p>
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The
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<a href="ftp://busybox.net/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a> covers
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some of the more obvious details, but there are many many things that
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are not mentioned, but have been improved in subtle ways. As usual,
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BusyBox 0.52 can be downloaded from
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<a href="ftp://busybox.net/busybox">ftp://busybox.net/busybox</a>.
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<p>Have Fun!
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<p>
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<li> <b>10 April 2001 - Graph of Busybox Growth </b>
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<br>
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The illustrious Larry Doolittle has made a PostScript chart of the growth
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of the Busybox tarball size over time. It is available for downloading /
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viewing <a href= "busybox-growth.ps"> right here</a>.
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<p> (Note that while the number of applets in Busybox has increased, you
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can still configure Busybox to be as small as you want by selectively
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turning off whichever applets you don't need.)
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<p>
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<li> <b>Old News</b>
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<br>
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For the old news, visit <a href="http://busybox.net/oldnews.html">the old news page</a>.
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<li> Source for the latest release can always be downloaded from
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<a href="ftp://busybox.net/busybox">ftp://busybox.net/busybox</a>.
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<li> A new snapshot of the source is made daily and is available as a GNU
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gzipped tarball <a href="busybox.tar.gz"> right here</a>.
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<li> BusyBox now has its own publically browsable
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<a href="http://busybox.net/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox/">CVS tree</a>,
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anonymous
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<a href="http://busybox.net/cvs_anon.html">CVS access</a>, and
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for those that are actively contributing there is even
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<a href="http://busybox.net/cvs_write.html">CVS write access</a>.
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Documentation
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Current documentation for BusyBox includes:
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<li> <a href="ftp://busybox.net/busybox/BusyBox.html">BusyBox.html</a>.
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This is a list of the all the available commands in BusyBox with
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complete usage information and examples of how to use each app. I
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have spent a <em>lot</em> of time updating these docs and trying to
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make them fairly comprehensive. If you find any errors (factual,
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grammatical, whatever) please let me know.
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<li> <a href="ftp://busybox.net/busybox/README">README</a>.
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This is the README file included in the busybox source release.
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<li> <a href="http://bugs.busybox.net/db/pa/lbusybox.html">BusyBox Bugs</a>.
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Need to report a bug? Need to check if a bug has been filed?
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<li> If you need more help, the BusyBox
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<a href="http://busybox.net/lists/busybox/">mailing list</a> is
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a good place to start.
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Important Links
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<li> <A HREF="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/">
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Free Software from Bruce Perens</A><br>
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The original idea for BusyBox, and all versions up to 0.26 were written
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by <A HREF="mailto:bruce@perens.com">Bruce Perens</a>. This is his BusyBox website.
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<p>
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<li> <A HREF="http://freshmeat.net/projects/busybox/">
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Freshmeat AppIndex record for BusyBox</A>
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<p>
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<li><a href="http://tinylogin.busybox.net/">TinyLogin</a>
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is a nice embedded tool for handling authentication, changing passwords,
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and similar tasks which nicely complements BusyBox.
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<p>
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<li><a href="http://uclibc.org/">uClibc</a>
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is a C library for embedded systems. You can actually statically link
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a "Hello World" application under x86 that only takes 4k (as opposed to
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200k under GNU libc). It can do dynamic linking too and works nicely with
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BusyBox to create very small embedded systems.
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<p>
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<li> <a href="http://busybox.net/software.html">Other cool embedded software</a>.
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<p>
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Products/Projects Using BusyBox
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<p> I know of the following products and/or projects that use BusyBox --
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listed in the order I happen to add them to the web page:
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<li> <a href="http://cvs.debian.org/boot-floppies/">Debian installer (boot floppies) project</a>
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<li> <a href="http://redhat.com/">Red Hat 7.2 installer</a>
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<li> <a href="http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/slackware/source/rootdsks/">Slackware Installer</a>
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<li> <a href="http://www.linuxrouter.org/">Linux Router Project </a>
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<li> <a href="http://linux-embedded.org/">LEM</a>
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<li> <a href="http://www.toms.net/rb/">tomsrtbt</a>
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<li> <a href="http://www.stormix.com/">Stormix Installer</a>
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<li> <a href="http://www.emacinc.com/linux2_sbc.htm">EMAC Linux 2.0 SBC</a>
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<li> <a href="http://www.trinux.org/">Trinux</a>
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<li> <a href="http://oddas.sourceforge.net/">ODDAS project</a>
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<li> <a href="http://www.kerbango.com/">The Kerbango Internet Radio</a>
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<li> <a href="http://www.linuxmagic.com/vpn/">LinuxMagic VPN Firewall</a>
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<li> <a href="http://byld.sourceforge.net/">Build Your Linux Disk</a>
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<li> <a href="http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ichi/baslinux.html">BasicLinux</a>
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<li> <a href="http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/recovery">Zdisk</a>
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<li> <a href="http://www.adtran.com">AdTran - VPN/firewall VPN Linux Distribution</a>
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<li> <a href="http://mkcdrec.ota.be/">mkCDrec - make CD-ROM recovery</a>
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<li> <a href="http://recycle.lbl.gov/~ldoolitt/bse/">Linux on nanoEngine</a>
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<li> <a href="http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/"> Floppyfw</a>
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<li> <a href="http://midori.transmeta.com/"> Midori Linux</a> - <a href=
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"http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42399,00.html"> Article on
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Midori Linux</a> on <a href= "http://www.wired.com"> Wired</a>. Quote from
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Erik at the top of <a href=
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"http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,42399-2,00.html"> this
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page</a>
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<li> <a href="http://www.ltsp.org/">Linux Terminal Server Project</a>
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<li> <a href="http://www.devil-linux.org/">Devil-Linux</a>
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<li> <a href="http://dutnux.sourceforge.net/">DutNux</a>
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<li> <a href="http://www.cachier.com/">Cachier</a>
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<li> <a href="http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/mindi/">Mindi</a>
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<p> Do you use BusyBox? I'd love to know about it and I'd be happy to link to
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you.
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Mail all comments, insults, suggestions and bribes to
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<a href="mailto:andersen@codepoet.org">Erik Andersen</a><BR>
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The Busybox logo is copyright 1999,2000,2001, Erik Andersen.
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