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@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ 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
emdedded system. The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options then
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.
@ -14,20 +14,20 @@ features) at compile time. This makes it easy to customize your embedded
systems. To create a working system, just add a kernel, a shell (such as ash),
and an editor (such as elvis-tiny or ae).
Busybox was originally written to support the Debian Rescue/Install disks, but
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 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,
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 which is then
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)
variable (i.e., make PREFIX="/tmp/foo" install)
----------------
Getting help:
@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Source for the latest released version can always be downloaded from
----------------
CVS:
BusyBox now has its own publically browsable CVS tree at:
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:
@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Please feed suggestions, bug reports, insults, and bribes back to:
<andersen@lineo.com>
<andersee@debian.org>
<blatent plug>
<blatant plug>
Many thanks to go to Lineo for paying me to work on busybox.
</blatent plug>
</blatant plug>

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docs/style-guide.txt
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@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ The only time we deviate from emulating the GNU behavior is when:
switch)
- Emulating the GNU behavior is prohibitively expensive (lots more code
would be required, lots more memory would be used, etc.)
- The differce is minor or cosmetic
- The difference is minor or cosmetic
A note on the 'cosmetic' case: Output differences might be considered
cosmetic, but if the output is significant enough to break other scripts that
@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ Scope
If a const variable is used only in a single source file, put it in the source
file and not in a header file. Likewise, if a const variable is used in only
one function, do not make it global to the file. Instead, declare it inside
the function body. Bottom line: Make a concious effort to limit declarations
the function body. Bottom line: Make a conscious effort to limit declarations
to the smallest scope possible.
Inside applet files, all functions should be declared static so as to keep the
@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ the parameter list and opening bracket. Example:
....
The only time you would ever need to use the old declaration syntax is to
support ancient, antedeluvian compilers. To our good fortune, we have access
support ancient, antediluvian compilers. To our good fortune, we have access
to more modern compilers and the old declaration syntax is neither necessary
nor desired.