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BusyBox is maintained by <a href=
"http://codepoet.org/andersen/erik/erik.html">Erik Andersen</a>, and
licensed under the
licensed under the
<a href= "http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE</a>
<p>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ licensed under the
Please visit our sponsors and thank them for their
support! They have provided money for equipment and
bandwidth. Next time you need help with a project,
consider these fine companies!
consider these fine companies!
<ul>
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ consider these fine companies!
</ul>
If you wish to be a sponsor, or if you have already contributed and would like
your name added here, email <a href= "mailto:andersen@codepoet.org">Erik</a>.
your name added here, email <a href= "mailto:andersen@codepoet.org">Erik</a>.
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The code and graphics on this website (and it's mirror sites, if any) are
Copyright (c) 1999-2003 by Erik Andersen. All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen. All rights reserved.
Documents on this Web site including their graphical elements, design, and
layout are protected by trade dress and other laws and MAY BE COPIED OR

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cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@busybox.net:/var/cvs co -c </pre>
<p>
If you wish, you can then check out a local copy of any of the
available modules. The following is an example of how to grab
If you wish, you can then check out a local copy of any of the
available modules. The following is an example of how to grab
a copy of busybox and tinylogin:
<pre>
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@busybox.net:/var/cvs co -P busybox tinylogin</pre>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ recommend you should use the same:
diff -ubBwpN
checkout -P</pre>
<p>
<p>
Once you've checked out a copy of the source tree, you can update your
source tree at any time so it is in sync with the latest and greatest by
running the command:

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<dl>
<dt><pre>cvs checkout -c</pre>
<dd>Will list the modules available for checkout
<dt><pre>cvs checkout &lt module name &gt</pre>
<dt><pre>cvs checkout &lt module name &gt</pre>
<dd>Will checkout the named module
<dt><pre>cvs co &lt module name &gt</pre>
<dt><pre>cvs co &lt module name &gt</pre>
<dd>Same thing
<dt><pre>cvs update</pre>
<dd>Updates your local archive so it is in sync with the repository
-- your local updates are left intact. Tries to merge upstream updates
<dd>Updates your local archive so it is in sync with the repository
-- your local updates are left intact. Tries to merge upstream updates
into your local updates. You will see the following tags when it is
updating your local repository: C means conflict, U means update,
updating your local repository: C means conflict, U means update,
P means patched, and M means modified.
<dt><pre>cvs up</pre>
<dd>Same thing

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<h3>CVS Read/Write Access</h3>
If you want to be able to commit things to CVS, first contribute some
stuff to show you are serious. Then, very nicely ask
<a href="mailto:andersen@codepoet.org">Erik Andersen</a> if he will set you up with
stuff to show you are serious. Then, very nicely ask
<a href="mailto:andersen@codepoet.org">Erik Andersen</a> if he will set you up with
an account. To access CVS, you will want to add the following to set up your environment:
<pre>
$ export CVS_RSH=/usr/bin/ssh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ username...
<p>
To obtain commit access, you will need to demonstrate you are
serious by submitting a few good patches first. Then, you will need to
serious by submitting a few good patches first. Then, you will need to
select a user-name to use when committing stuff, and finally, you will
need to send me the username you have selected, an ssh key, and the email
address where you prefer email to be sent (I will forward any email sent
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ to you, but not store it).
<p>
Note that if you would prefer to keep your communications with me
private, you can encrypt your email using my
<a href="http://www.codepoet.org/~andersen/erik/gpg.asc">public key</a>.
private, you can encrypt your email using my
<a href="http://www.codepoet.org/~andersen/erik/gpg.asc">public key</a>.
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<h3>Documentation</h3>
Current documentation for BusyBox includes:
Current documentation for BusyBox includes:
<ul>
<li><a href=

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downloaded from <a href="downloads">http://www.busybox.net/downloads</a>.
<p>
You can also obtain <a href= "downloads/snapshots/">Daily Snapshots</a> of
You can also obtain <a href= "downloads/snapshots/">Daily Snapshots</a> of
the latest stable, and the latest development CVS source trees.
<p>

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<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
<a HREF="/copyright.txt">Copyright &copy; 1999-2003 Erik Andersen</a>
<br>
Mail all comments, insults, suggestions and bribes to
Mail all comments, insults, suggestions and bribes to
<br>
Erik Andersen <A HREF="mailto:andersen@codepoet.org">andersen@codepoet.org</A><BR>
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<tr>
<td valign="TOP">
<td valign="TOP">
<br><a href="/about.html">About</a>
<br><a href="/screenshot.html">Screenshot</a>
<br><a href="/lists.html">Mailing Lists</a>
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
<br><a href="http://lwn.net/">Linux Weekly News</a>
<br><a href="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO">Linux HOWTOs</a>
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just the GPL. <a href="/products.html">Anyone thinking of shipping
BusyBox as part of a product</a> should be familiar with the
licensing terms under which they are allowed to use and
distribute BusyBox. You are advised to take a look over the
distribute BusyBox. You are advised to take a look over the
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">full text of
the GNU General Public License</a>, and
<li><a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">full text of
the GNU General Public License</a>, and
<li><a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html">
Frequently Asked Questions about the GNU GPL</a>
</ul>
@@ -59,15 +59,15 @@ somewhere.
<p>
<b>A written offer</b> generally means that somewhere in the
docs for your product, you write something like
<b>A written offer</b> generally means that somewhere in the
docs for your product, you write something like
<blockquote>
The GPL source code contained in this product is available as a
free download from http://blah.blah.blah/
</blockquote>
Or you can offer source by writing
somewhere in the docs for your product something like
somewhere in the docs for your product something like
<blockquote>
If you would like a copy of the GPL source code in this product
on a CD, please send $9.99 to &lt;address&gt; for the costs of
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ firmware updates of their right to obtain source.
Additionally, some people have the mistaken understanding that if
they use unmodified GPL'd source code, they do not need to
distribute anything. This belief is not correct, and is not
supported by the
supported by the
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">text of GPL</a>.
Please do re-read it, and you
will find there is no such provision. If you distribute any GPL'd

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<h3>Mailing List Information</h3>
BusyBox has a <a href="/lists/busybox/">mailing list</a> for discussion and
development. You can subscribe by visiting
<a href="http://codepoet.org/mailman/listinfo/busybox">this page</a>.
development. You can subscribe by visiting
<a href="http://codepoet.org/mailman/listinfo/busybox">this page</a>.
<p>
There is also a mailing list for <a href="/lists/busybox-cvs/">active developers</a>
wishing to read the complete diff of each and every change to busybox -- not for the
faint of heart. Active developers can subscribe by visiting
<a href="http://codepoet.org/mailman/listinfo/busybox-cvs">this page</a>.
faint of heart. Active developers can subscribe by visiting
<a href="http://codepoet.org/mailman/listinfo/busybox-cvs">this page</a>.
<p>

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<p>
The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all
the details. And as usual you can
The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all
the details. And as usual you can
<a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>.
<p>Have Fun!
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
<p>
<li><b>Old News</b><p>
<li><b>Old News</b><p>
<a href="/oldnews.html">Click here to read older news</a>

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<ul>
<li><b>10 December 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre4 released</b><p>
<li><b>10 December 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre4 released</b><p>
Here goes the fourth pre-release for the new BusyBox stable
series. This release includes major rework to sed, lots of
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
common applet, the dpkg applets has been cleaned up, and tons
of random bugs have been fixed. Thanks everyone for all the
testing, bug reports, and patches! Once again, a big
thank-you goes to Glenn McGrath (bug1) for stepping in and
thank-you goes to Glenn McGrath (bug1) for stepping in and
helping get patches merged!
<p>
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
<p>
The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all
the details. And as usual you can
The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all
the details. And as usual you can
<a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>.
<p>Have Fun!
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
<p>
<li><b>12 Sept 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre3 released</b><p>
<li><b>12 Sept 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre3 released</b><p>
Here goes the third pre-release for the new BusyBox stable
series. The last prerelease has held up quite well under
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
the testing, bug reports, and patches!
<p>
If you have submitted a patch or a bug report to the busybox
mailing list and no one has emailed you explaining why your
patch was rejected, it is safe to say that your patch has
@@ -69,27 +69,27 @@
<p>
I had hoped this release would be out a month ago. And of
course, it wasn't since Erik became busy getting a release of
<a href="http://www.uclibc.org/">uClibc</a>
course, it wasn't since Erik became busy getting a release of
<a href="http://www.uclibc.org/">uClibc</a>
out the door. Many thanks to Glenn McGrath (bug1) for
stepping in and helping get a bunch of patches merged! I am
not even going to state a date for releasing BusyBox 1.0.0
-pre4 (or the final 1.0.0). We're aiming for late September...
But if this release proves as to be exceptionally stable (or
exceptionally unstable!), the next release may be very soon
indeed.
indeed.
<p>
The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all
the details. And as usual you can
The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all
the details. And as usual you can
<a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>.
<p>Have Fun!
<p>
<li><b>30 July 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre2 released</b><p>
<li><b>30 July 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre2 released</b><p>
Here goes another pre release for the new BusyBox stable
series. The last prerelease (pre1) was given quite a lot of
@@ -126,14 +126,14 @@
then...
<p>
The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all
The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all
the details. As usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>.
<p>Have Fun!
<p>
<p>
<li><b>15 July 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre1 released</b><p>
<li><b>15 July 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre1 released</b><p>
The busybox development series has been under construction for
nearly two years now. Which is just entirely too long... So
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
up) the final BusyBox 1.0.0 release should be ready by the end
of July.
<p>
If you have submitted patches, and they are not in this release
and I have not emailed you explaining why your patch was
rejected, it is safe to say that I have lost your patch. That
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
<p>
As usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>.
You don't really need to bother with the
You don't really need to bother with the
<a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a>, as the changes
vs the stable version are way too extensive to easily enumerate.
But you can take a look if you really want too.
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
<p>
<li><b>26 October 2002 -- BusyBox 0.60.5 released</b><p>
<li><b>26 October 2002 -- BusyBox 0.60.5 released</b><p>
I am very pleased to announce that the BusyBox 0.60.5 (stable)
is now available for download. This is a bugfix release for
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
0.60.x series. Well, it turns out I'm a liar. But this time I
mean it (just like last time ;-). This will be the last
release for the 0.60.x series -- all further development work
will be done for the development busybox tree. Expect the development
will be done for the development busybox tree. Expect the development
version to have its first real release very very soon now...
<p>
@@ -205,14 +205,14 @@
<p>
<p>
<li><b>18 September 2002 -- BusyBox 0.60.4 released</b><p>
<li><b>18 September 2002 -- BusyBox 0.60.4 released</b><p>
I am very pleased to announce that the BusyBox 0.60.4
(stable) is now available for download. This is primarily
(stable) is now available for download. This is primarily
a bugfix release for the stable series to address all
the problems that have turned up since the last
release. This will be the last release for the 0.60.x series.
I mean it this time -- all further development work will be done
I mean it this time -- all further development work will be done
on the development busybox tree, which is quite solid now and
should soon be getting its first real release.
@@ -224,13 +224,13 @@
<p>
<li><b>27 April 2002 -- BusyBox 0.60.3 released</b><p>
<li><b>27 April 2002 -- BusyBox 0.60.3 released</b><p>
I am very pleased to announce that the BusyBox 0.60.3 (stable) is
now available for download. This is primarily a bugfix release
for the stable series. A number of problems have turned up since
for the stable series. A number of problems have turned up since
the last release, and this should address most of those problems.
This should be the last release for the 0.60.x series. The
This should be the last release for the 0.60.x series. The
development busybox tree has been progressing nicely, and will
hopefully be ready to become the next stable release.
@@ -242,21 +242,21 @@
<p>
<li><b>6 March 2002 -- busybox.net now has mirrors!</b><p>
<li><b>6 March 2002 -- busybox.net now has mirrors!</b><p>
Busybox.net is now much more available, thanks to
the fine folks at <a href= "http://i-netinnovations.com/">http://i-netinnovations.com/</a>
who are providing hosting for busybox.net and
uclibc.org. In addition, we now have two mirrors:
<a href= "http://busybox.linuxmagic.com/">http://busybox.linuxmagic.com/</a>
in Canada and
in Canada and
<a href= "http://busybox.csservers.de/">http://busybox.csservers.de/</a>
in Germany. I hope this makes things much more
accessible for everyone!
<li>
<b>3 January 2002 -- Welcome to busybox.net!</b>
<b>3 January 2002 -- Welcome to busybox.net!</b>
<p>Thanks to the generosity of a number of busybox
users, we have been able to purchase busybox.net
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ should be completely eliminated. Hopefully, too,
some of you will volunteer to set up some mirror
sites, to help to distribute the load a bit.</p>
<p><!--
<p><!--
<center>
Click here to help support busybox.net!
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ everyone that has contributed!<br>
</li>
<li>
<b>20 November 2001 -- BusyBox 0.60.2 released</b>
<b>20 November 2001 -- BusyBox 0.60.2 released</b>
<p>We am very pleased to announce that the BusyBox
0.60.2 (stable) is now released to the world. This
@@ -369,19 +369,19 @@ will not part with it... I will then need to pay the registry fee
for a couple of years and start paying for bandwidth, so this will
initially cost about $300. I would like to host busybox.net on my
home machine (codepoet.org) so I have full control over the system,
but to do that would require that I increase the level of bandwidth
but to do that would require that I increase the level of bandwidth
I am paying for. Did you know that so far this month, there
have been over 1.4 Gigabytes of busybox ftp downloads? I don't
even <em>know</em> how much CVS bandwidth it requires. For the
time being, Lineo has continued to graciously provide this
bandwidth, despite the fact that I no longer work for them. If I
start running this all on my home machine, paying for the needed bandwidth
bandwidth, despite the fact that I no longer work for them. If I
start running this all on my home machine, paying for the needed bandwidth
will start costing some money.
<p>
I was going to pay it all myself, but my wife didn't like that
idea at all (big surprise). It turns out &lt;insert argument
where she wins and I don't&gt; she has better ideas
where she wins and I don't&gt; she has better ideas
about what we should spend our money on that don't involve
busybox. She suggested I should ask for contributions on the
mailing list and web page. So...
@@ -390,8 +390,8 @@ mailing list and web page. So...
I am hoping that if everyone could contribute a bit, we could pick
up the busybox.net domain name and cover the bandwidth costs. I
know that busybox is being used by a lot of companies as well as
individuals -- hopefully people and companies that are willing to
contribute back a bit. So if everyone could please help out, that
individuals -- hopefully people and companies that are willing to
contribute back a bit. So if everyone could please help out, that
would be wonderful!
<p>
@@ -406,9 +406,9 @@ would be wonderful!
new features, no new applets. So without further ado,
here it is. Come and get it.
<p>
The
The
<a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all
the details. As usual BusyBox 0.60.1 can be downloaded from
the details. As usual BusyBox 0.60.1 can be downloaded from
<a href="downloads">http://busybox.net/downloads</a>.
<p>Have Fun!
<p>
@@ -425,23 +425,23 @@ would be wonderful!
stable bug-free(tm) release out seems to be in order. This releases fixes
a memory leak in syslogd, a number of bugs in the ash and msh shells, and
cleans up a number of things.
<p>
Those wanting an easy way to test the 0.60.0 release with uClibc can
Those wanting an easy way to test the 0.60.0 release with uClibc can
use <a href="http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/">User-Mode Linux</a>
to give it a try by downloading and compiling
to give it a try by downloading and compiling
<a href="ftp://busybox.net/buildroot.tar.gz">buildroot.tar.gz</a>.
You don't have to be root or reboot your machine to run test this way.
Preconfigured User-Mode Linux kernel source is also on busybox.net.
<p>
Another cool thing is the nifty <a href="downloads/tutorial/index.html">
BusyBox Tutorial</a> contributed by K Computing. This requires
a ShockWave plugin (or standalone viewer), so you may want to grab the
BusyBox Tutorial</a> contributed by K Computing. This requires
a ShockWave plugin (or standalone viewer), so you may want to grab the
the GPLed shockwave viewer from <a href="http://www.swift-tools.com/Flash/flash-0.4.10.tgz">here</a>
to view the tutorial.
<p>
Finally, In case you didn't notice anything odd about the
version number of this release, let me point out that this release
is <em>not</em> 0.53, because I bumped the version number up a
@@ -456,12 +456,12 @@ would be wonderful!
released as part of a new BusyBox development series that will
have some not-yet-decided-on odd version number. Once things
stabilize and the new build system is working for everyone, then
I will release that as a new stable release series.
I will release that as a new stable release series.
<p>
The
The
<a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all
the details. As usual BusyBox 0.60.0 can be downloaded from
the details. As usual BusyBox 0.60.0 can be downloaded from
<a href="downloads">http://busybox.net/downloads</a>.
<p>Have Fun!
<p>
@@ -478,18 +478,18 @@ would be wonderful!
and ash).
<p>
The
<a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> covers
The
<a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> covers
some of the more obvious details, but there are many many things that
are not mentioned, but have been improved in subtle ways. As usual,
BusyBox 0.52 can be downloaded from
BusyBox 0.52 can be downloaded from
<a href="downloads">http://busybox.net/downloads</a>.
<p>Have Fun!
<p>
<li> <b>10 April 2001 - Graph of Busybox Growth </b>
<br>
<br>
The illustrious Larry Doolittle has made a PostScript chart of the growth
of the Busybox tarball size over time. It is available for downloading /
viewing <a href= "busybox-growth.ps"> right here</a>.
@@ -523,9 +523,9 @@ turning off whichever applets you don't need.)
compiles on itanium systems (thanks to the Debian itanium porters
for letting me use their system!).
<p>
You can read the
You can read the
<a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> for
complete details. BusyBox 0.51 can be downloaded from
complete details. BusyBox 0.51 can be downloaded from
<a href="downloads">http://busybox.net/downloads</a>.
<p>Have Fun!
<p>
@@ -551,9 +551,9 @@ image</a>. Here's how you use it:
<p> If you want to look at the contents of the initrd image, do this:
<pre>
mount ./busybox.floppy.img /mnt -o loop -t msdos
cp /mnt/initrd.gz /tmp
umount /mnt
mount ./busybox.floppy.img /mnt -o loop -t msdos
cp /mnt/initrd.gz /tmp
umount /mnt
gunzip /tmp/initrd.gz
mount /tmp/initrd /mnt -o loop -t minix
</pre>
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ image</a>. Here's how you use it:
and tftp, and also fixes tons of bugs. Tab completion in the
shell is now working very well, and the shell's environment variable
expansion was fixed. Tons of other things were fixed or made
smaller. For a fairly complete overview, see the
smaller. For a fairly complete overview, see the
<a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a>.
<p>
lash (the busybox shell) is still with us, fixed up a bit so it
@@ -577,21 +577,21 @@ image</a>. Here's how you use it:
this shell, while very usable, does not provide an extensible
framework for adding in full Bourne shell behavior. So the first order of
business as we begin working on the next BusyBox release will be to merge in the new shell
currently in progress at
<a href="http://doolittle.faludi.com/~larry/parser.html">Larry Doolittle's website</a>.
currently in progress at
<a href="http://doolittle.faludi.com/~larry/parser.html">Larry Doolittle's website</a>.
<p>
<li> <b>27 January 2001 -- BusyBox 0.49 released</b>
<br>
Several new applets, lots of bug fixes, cleanups, and many smaller
Several new applets, lots of bug fixes, cleanups, and many smaller
things made nicer. Several cleanups and improvements to the shell.
For a list of the most interesting changes
you might want to look at the <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a>.
For a list of the most interesting changes
you might want to look at the <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a>.
<p>
Special thanks go out to Matt Kraai and Larry Doolittle for all their
work on this release, and for keeping on top of things while I've been
work on this release, and for keeping on top of things while I've been
out of town.
<p>
<em>Special Note</em><br>
@@ -602,8 +602,8 @@ image</a>. Here's how you use it:
shell that will eventually replace lash is already under
construction. This new shell is being developed by Larry
Doolittle, and could use all of our help. Please see the work in
progress on <a href="http://doolittle.faludi.com/~larry/parser.html">Larry's website</a>
and help out if you can. This shell will be included in the next
progress on <a href="http://doolittle.faludi.com/~larry/parser.html">Larry's website</a>
and help out if you can. This shell will be included in the next
release of BusyBox.
<p>
@@ -617,12 +617,12 @@ image</a>. Here's how you use it:
that 'tar -X' and 'tar --exclude' are both now in. Applets are
now looked up using a binary search making lash (the busybox
shell) much faster. For the new debian-installer (for Debian
woody) a .udeb can now be generated.
woody) a .udeb can now be generated.
<p>
The curious can get a list of some of the more interesting changes by reading
the <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a>.
The curious can get a list of some of the more interesting changes by reading
the <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a>.
<p>
Many thanks go out to the many many people that have contributed to
Many thanks go out to the many many people that have contributed to
this release, especially Matt Kraai, Larry Doolittle, and Kent Robotti.
<p>
<p> <li> <b>26 September 2000 -- BusyBox 0.47 released</b>
@@ -630,11 +630,11 @@ image</a>. Here's how you use it:
This release fixes lots of bugs (including an ugly bug in 0.46
syslogd that could fork-bomb your system). Added several new
apps: rdate, wget, getopt, dos2unix, unix2dos, reset, unrpm,
apps: rdate, wget, getopt, dos2unix, unix2dos, reset, unrpm,
renice, xargs, and expr. syslogd now supports network logging.
There are the usual tar updates. Most apps now use getopt for
more correct option parsing.
See the <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a>
See the <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a>
for complete details.
@@ -642,11 +642,11 @@ image</a>. Here's how you use it:
<br>
This release fixes several bugs (including a ugly bug in tar,
and fixes for NFSv3 mount support). Added a dumpkmap to allow
and fixes for NFSv3 mount support). Added a dumpkmap to allow
people to dump a binary keymaps for use with 'loadkmap', and a
completely reworked 'grep' and 'sed' which should behave better.
BusyBox shell can now also be used as a login shell.
See the <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a>
See the <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a>
for complete details.
@@ -661,13 +661,13 @@ image</a>. Here's how you use it:
the <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> for
details).
<p>
Also, some exciting infrastructure news! Busybox now has its own
<a href="lists/busybox/">mailing list</a>,
Also, some exciting infrastructure news! Busybox now has its own
<a href="lists/busybox/">mailing list</a>,
publically browsable
<a href="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox/">CVS tree</a>,
<a href="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox/">CVS tree</a>,
anonymous
<a href="cvs_anon.html">CVS access</a>, and
for those that are actively contributing there is even
for those that are actively contributing there is even
<a href="cvs_write.html">CVS write access</a>.
I think this will be a huge help to the ongoing development of BusyBox.
<p>
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ it should be logging stuff from both "A" and "B". As released in 0.43 only stuf
from "A" would have been logged. This means that if init tries to log something
while say ppp has the syslog open, init would block (which is bad, bad, bad).
<p>
Karl M. Hegbloom has created a fix for the problem.
Karl M. Hegbloom has created a fix for the problem.
Thanks Karl!
@@ -717,17 +717,17 @@ Thanks Karl!
I have finally gotten everything into a state where I feel pretty
good about things. This is definitely the most stable, solid release
so far. A lot of bugs have been fixed, and the following new apps
have been added: sh, basename, dirname, killall, uptime,
have been added: sh, basename, dirname, killall, uptime,
freeramdisk, tr, echo, test, and usleep. Tar has been completely
rewritten from scratch. Bss size has also been greatly reduced.
More details are available in the
More details are available in the
<a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a>.
Oh, and as a special bonus, I wrote some fairly comprehensive
<em>documentation</em>, complete with examples and full usage information.
<p>
Many thanks go out to the fine people that have helped by submitting patches
and bug reports; particularly instrumental in helping for this release were
and bug reports; particularly instrumental in helping for this release were
Karl Hegbloom, Pavel Roskin, Friedrich Vedder, Emanuele Caratti,
Bob Tinsley, Nicolas Pitre, Avery Pennarun, Arne Bernin, John Beppu, and Jim Gleason.
There were others so if I somehow forgot to mention you, I'm very sorry.
@@ -770,9 +770,9 @@ labor, both Shaunalei and our new baby boy are doing wonderfully.
So now that I am done with my excuse for the slow release cycle...
Progress on the next release of BusyBox has been slow but steady. I expect
to have a release sometime during the first week of April. This release will
include a number of important changes, including the addition of a shell, a
include a number of important changes, including the addition of a shell, a
re-write of tar (to accommodate the Linux Router Project), and syslogd can now
accept multiple concurrent connections, fixing lots of unexpected blocking
accept multiple concurrent connections, fixing lots of unexpected blocking
problems.
@@ -780,22 +780,22 @@ problems.
<br>
This is the most solid BusyBox release so far. Many, many
bugs have been fixed. See the
bugs have been fixed. See the
<a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> for details.
Of particular interest, init will now cleanly unmount
filesystems on reboot, cp and mv have been rewritten and
behave much better, and mount and umount no longer leak
loop devices. Many thanks go out to Randolph Chung,
Karl M. Hegbloom, Taketoshi Sano, and Pavel Roskin for
their hard work on this release of BusyBox. Please pound
Of particular interest, init will now cleanly unmount
filesystems on reboot, cp and mv have been rewritten and
behave much better, and mount and umount no longer leak
loop devices. Many thanks go out to Randolph Chung,
Karl M. Hegbloom, Taketoshi Sano, and Pavel Roskin for
their hard work on this release of BusyBox. Please pound
on it and let me know if you find any bugs.
<p> <li> <b>19 January 2000 -- BusyBox 0.41 released</b>
<br>
This release includes bugfixes to cp, mv, logger, true, false,
mkdir, syslogd, and init. New apps include wc, hostid,
mkdir, syslogd, and init. New apps include wc, hostid,
logname, tty, whoami, and yes. New features include loop device
support in mount and umount, and better TERM handling by init.
The changelog can be found <a href="downloads/Changelog">here</a>.
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ problems.
This release includes bugfixes to init (now includes inittab support),
syslogd, head, logger, du, grep, cp, mv, sed, dmesg, ls, kill, gunzip, and mknod.
New apps include sort, uniq, lsmod, rmmod, fbset, and loadacm.
In particular, this release fixes an important bug in tar which
In particular, this release fixes an important bug in tar which
in some cases produced serious security problems.
As always, the changelog can be found <a href="downloads/Changelog">here</a>.
@@ -814,19 +814,19 @@ problems.
<br>
I have received permission from Bruce Perens (the original author of BusyBox)
to set up this site as the new primary website for BusyBox. This website
will always contain pointers to the latest and greatest, and will also
will always contain pointers to the latest and greatest, and will also
contain the latest documentation on how to use BusyBox, what it can do,
what arguments its apps support, etc.
<p> <li> <b>10 December 1999 -- BusyBox 0.39 released</b>
<br>
This release includes fixes to init, reboot, halt, kill, and ls, and contains
This release includes fixes to init, reboot, halt, kill, and ls, and contains
the new apps ping, hostname, mkfifo, free, tail, du, tee, and head. A full
changelog can be found <a href="downloads/Changelog">here</a>.
<p> <li> <b>5 December 1999 -- BusyBox 0.38 released</b>
<br>
This release includes fixes to tar, cat, ls, dd, rm, umount, find, df,
and make install, and includes new apps syslogd/klogd and logger.
This release includes fixes to tar, cat, ls, dd, rm, umount, find, df,
and make install, and includes new apps syslogd/klogd and logger.
</ul>

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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Everybody loves to look at screenshots, so here is a live action screenshot of B
font-family: monospace; font-size: smaller;" width="100">
$ ./busybox
$ ./busybox
BusyBox v1.00-pre3 (2003.09.12-05:48+0000) multi-call binary
Usage: busybox [function] [arguments]...

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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
<book id="BusyBoxDocumentation">
<bookinfo>
<title>BusyBox - The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux</title>
<legalnotice>
<para>
This documentation is free software; you can redistribute
@@ -11,21 +11,21 @@
version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.
</para>
<para>
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
See the GNU General Public License for more details.
</para>
<para>
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
License along with this program; if not, write to the Free
Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
MA 02111-1307 USA
</para>
<para>
For more details see the file COPYING in the source
distribution of Linux.
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
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.
like their GNU counterparts.
</para>
<para>
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
<para>
will cause BusyBox to behave as 'ls' (if the 'ls' command has been compiled
into BusyBox).
into BusyBox).
</para>
<para>
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
</para>
<para>
will also cause BusyBox to behave as 'ls'.
will also cause BusyBox to behave as 'ls'.
</para>
</sect1>
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@
<title>Common options</title>
<para>
Most BusyBox commands support the <emphasis>--help</emphasis> option to provide
a terse runtime description of their behavior.
Most BusyBox commands support the <emphasis>--help</emphasis> option to provide
a terse runtime description of their behavior.
</para>
</sect1>
</chapter>
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
dpkg-deb, du, dumpkmap, dumpleases, dutmp, echo, egrep, env, expr,
false, fbset, fdflush, fdformat, fgrep, find, fold, free, freeramdisk,
fsck.minix, ftpget, ftpput, getopt, getty, grep, gunzip, gzip,
halt, hdparm, head, hexdump, hostid, hostname, httpd, hush, hwclock,
halt, hdparm, head, hexdump, hostid, hostname, httpd, hush, hwclock,
id, ifconfig, ifdown, ifup, inetd, init, insmod, ip, ipcalc, iplink,
iproute, iptunnel, kill, killall, klogd, lash, length, linuxrc,
ln, loadfont, loadkmap, logger, login, logname, logread,
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
sha1sum, sleep, sort, start-stop-daemon, strings, stty, su, sulogin,
swapoff, swapon, sync, syslogd, tail, tar, tee, telnet, telnetd,
test, tftp, time, top, touch, tr, traceroute, true, tty, udhcpc,
udhcpd, umount, uname, uncompress, uniq, unix2dos, unzip,
udhcpd, umount, uname, uncompress, uniq, unix2dos, unzip,
uptime, usleep, uudecode, uuencode, vconfig, vi, vlock, watch,
watchdog, wc, wget, which, who, whoami, xargs, yes, zcat, [
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@
</screen>
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="chown">
<title>chown</title>
<para>
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@
</screen>
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="dirname">
<title>dirname</title>
@@ -773,24 +773,24 @@
<title>dpkg-deb</title>
<para>
Usage: dpkg-deb [OPTION] archive [directory]
Usage: dpkg-deb [OPTION] archive [directory]
</para>
<para>
Debian package archive (.deb) manipulation tool
Debian package archive (.deb) manipulation tool
</para>
<para>
Options:
</para>
<para>
<screen>
-c List the contents of the filesystem tree archive portion of the package
-c List the contents of the filesystem tree archive portion of the package
-e Extracts the control information files from a package archive into the specified directory.
If no directory is specified then a subdirectory DEBIAN in the current directory is used.
-x Silently extracts the filesystem tree from a package archive into the specified directory.
-X Extracts the filesystem tree from a package archive into the specified directory, listing the files as it goes.
-X Extracts the filesystem tree from a package archive into the specified directory, listing the files as it goes.
If required the specified directory (but not its parents) will be created.
</screen>
<para>
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@
</screen>
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="getopt">
<title>getopt</title>
@@ -1426,7 +1426,7 @@
<para>
Prints out a unique 32-bit identifier for the current
machine. The 32-bit identifier is intended to be unique
among all UNIX systems in existence.
among all UNIX systems in existence.
</para>
</sect1>
@@ -1592,7 +1592,7 @@
<para>
Valid actions include: sysinit, respawn, askfirst, wait,
Valid actions include: sysinit, respawn, askfirst, wait,
once, and ctrlaltdel.
</para>
@@ -1631,7 +1631,7 @@
respawn, except that before running the specified process it
displays the line "Please press Enter to activate this console."
and then waits for the user to press enter before starting the
specified process.
specified process.
</para>
<para>
@@ -1994,7 +1994,7 @@
</para>
<para>
</para>
<para>
@@ -2266,7 +2266,7 @@
<para>
<screen>
$ mknod /dev/fd0 b 2 0
$ mknod /dev/fd0 b 2 0
$ mknod -m 644 /tmp/pipe p
</screen>
</para>
@@ -2822,19 +2822,19 @@
<sect1 id="run-parts">
<title>run-parts</title>
<para>
Usage: run-parts [-t] [-a ARG] [-u MASK] DIRECTORY
</para>
<para>
Run a bunch of scripts in a directory.
</para>
<para>
Options:
</para>
<para>
<screen>
-t Test only. It only print the file to be executed,
@@ -2844,9 +2844,9 @@
</screen>
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="sed">
<title>sed</title>
@@ -2962,7 +2962,7 @@
</para>
<para>
This command does not yet have proper documentation.
This command does not yet have proper documentation.
</para>
<para>
@@ -3182,7 +3182,7 @@
</para>
<para>
</para>
<para>
@@ -3445,7 +3445,7 @@
</para>
<para>
</para>
<para>
@@ -3467,7 +3467,7 @@
<para>
<screen>
$ umount /dev/hdc1
$ umount /dev/hdc1
</screen>
</para>
</sect1>
@@ -3549,7 +3549,7 @@
</screen>
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="unix2dos">
<title>unix2dos</title>
@@ -3869,7 +3869,7 @@
</para>
<para>
Uncompress FILE (or stdin if FILE is '-') to stdout.
Uncompress FILE (or stdin if FILE is '-') to stdout.
</para>
<para>
@@ -3938,7 +3938,7 @@
<title>AUTHORS</title>
<para>
The following people have made significant contributions to
The following people have made significant contributions to
BusyBox -- whether they know it or not.
</para>
@@ -3963,7 +3963,7 @@
</para>
<para>
Dave Cinege &lt;dcinege@psychosis.com&gt;
Dave Cinege &lt;dcinege@psychosis.com&gt;
</para>
<para>
@@ -3979,7 +3979,7 @@
</para>
<para>
John Lombardo &lt;john@deltanet.com&gt;
John Lombardo &lt;john@deltanet.com&gt;
</para>
<para>

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@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ 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.
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
@@ -37,19 +37,19 @@ For example, entering
./ls
will cause BusyBox to behave as 'ls' (if the 'ls' command has been compiled
into BusyBox).
into BusyBox).
You can also invoke BusyBox by issuing the command as an argument on the
command line. For example, entering
./BusyBox ls
will also cause BusyBox to behave as 'ls'.
will also cause BusyBox to behave as 'ls'.
=head1 COMMON OPTIONS
Most BusyBox commands support the B<-h> option to provide a
terse runtime description of their behavior.
terse runtime description of their behavior.
=head1 COMMANDS

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@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Bug Reporting
If you find bugs, please submit a detailed bug report to the busybox mailing
list at busybox@busybox.net. A well-written bug report should include a
transcript of a shell session that demonstrates the bad behavior and enables
anyone else to duplicate the bug on their own machine. The following is such
anyone else to duplicate the bug on their own machine. The following is such
an example:
To: busybox@busybox.net
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ an example:
$ date
llegal instruction
I am using Debian unstable, kernel version 2.4.19-rmk1 on an Netwinder,
I am using Debian unstable, kernel version 2.4.19-rmk1 on an Netwinder,
and the latest uClibc from CVS. Thanks for the wonderful program!
-Diligent
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ These are dirty jobs, but somebody's gotta do 'em.
- "Ten Commandments" compliance: (this is a "maybe", certainly not as
important as any of the previous items.)
http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/ten-commandments.html
http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/ten-commandments.html
Other useful links:

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@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ config CONFIG_MU
Usage String(s)
---------------
Next, add usage information for you applet to include/usage.h.
Next, add usage information for you applet to include/usage.h.
This should look like the following:
#define mu_trivial_usage \
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ currently exist in usage.h.)
Header Files
------------
Next, add an entry to include/applets.h. Be *sure* to keep the list
in alphabetical order, or else it will break the binary-search lookup
Next, add an entry to include/applets.h. Be *sure* to keep the list
in alphabetical order, or else it will break the binary-search lookup
algorithm in busybox.c and the Gods of BusyBox smite you. Yea, verily:
/* all programs above here are alphabetically "less than" 'mu' */
@@ -154,10 +154,10 @@ Adding some text to docs/Configure.help is a nice start.
The Grand Announcement
----------------------
Then create a diff -urN of the files you added (<appletdir/><applet>.c,
include/usage.c, include/applets.h, include/config.h, <appletdir>/Makefile.in, <appletdir>/config.in)
Then create a diff -urN of the files you added (<appletdir/><applet>.c,
include/usage.c, include/applets.h, include/config.h, <appletdir>/Makefile.in, <appletdir>/config.in)
and send it to the mailing list:
busybox@busybox.net.
busybox@busybox.net.
Sending patches as attachments is preferred, but not required.

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@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ these steps:
conversion.
- Compile and see if everything still works.
Please be aware of changes that have cascading effects into other files. For
example, if you're changing the name of something in, say utility.c, you
should probably run 'examples/mk2knr.pl utility.c' at first, but when you run
@@ -293,13 +293,13 @@ Use 'const <type> var' for declaring constants.
#define var 80
Do this instead, when the variable is in a header file and will be used in
several source files:
several source files:
const int var = 80;
const int var = 80;
Or do this when the variable is used only in a single source file:
static const int var = 80;
static const int var = 80;
Declaring variables as '[static] const' gives variables an actual type and
makes the compiler do type checking for you; the preprocessor does _no_ type
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ The Folly of #ifdef
Code cluttered with ifdefs is difficult to read and maintain. Don't do it.
Instead, put your ifdefs at the top of your .c file (or in a header), and
conditionally define 'static inline' functions, (or *maybe* macros), which are
used in the code.
used in the code.
Don't do this:
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ line in the midst of your #includes:
And a code block similar to the following near the top of your applet_main()
routine:
while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "abc")) > 0) {
while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "abc")) > 0) {
switch (opt) {
case 'a':
do_a_opt = 1;