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applets Remove space between ar options 2001-06-03 05:41:59 +00:00
archival Revert the patch from Konstantin Boldyshev <konst@linuxassembly.org> to never 2001-06-04 16:54:39 +00:00
console-tools -Wshadow loadacm fix from Jeff Garzik 2001-03-23 17:03:28 +00:00
coreutils Vladimir's last_patch13, containing several bugfixes. 2001-06-01 21:47:15 +00:00
debian Get BB_LASH out of the list... 2001-05-24 14:11:09 +00:00
docs Patch from larry to fix some grammar errors. 2001-05-23 20:32:09 +00:00
editors Use safe_strncpy. 2001-05-27 14:11:52 +00:00
examples Bump version to 0.52pre 2001-05-09 17:31:27 +00:00
findutils grep failed to compile when BB_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP was defined -- types were wrong. 2001-05-29 22:36:39 +00:00
include Remove space between ar options 2001-06-03 05:41:59 +00:00
init Loop forever instead of exiting. 2001-06-03 05:55:52 +00:00
libbb Vladimir's last_patch13, containing several bugfixes. 2001-06-01 21:47:15 +00:00
miscutils Patch from larry to fix some grammar errors. 2001-05-23 20:32:09 +00:00
modutils Fix up some signed char vs int issues that show up on powerpc. 2001-05-24 14:16:28 +00:00
networking Patch from Lars Kellogg-Stedman <lars@larsshack.org> to fix bug 2001-05-21 20:30:51 +00:00
procps Patch from larry to fix some grammar errors. 2001-05-23 20:32:09 +00:00
scripts Added some help messages. 2001-04-17 17:37:47 +00:00
shell Don't close file descriptors when we are duplicating them. 2001-06-05 16:50:08 +00:00
sysklogd Add xgethostbyname and herror_msg* functions. 2001-05-16 15:40:51 +00:00
tests Added a new testcase from Larry Doolittle (inspired by a note from Vadim 2001-06-05 17:48:47 +00:00
util-linux Don't whine about already mounted filesystems when invoked with -a. 2001-06-03 02:21:38 +00:00
.cvsignore Ignore some generated files 2001-04-26 23:23:04 +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 A number of cleanups. Now compiles with libc5, glibc, and uClibc. Fix a few 2001-04-05 03:14:39 +00:00
applets.c Move messages.c to libbb. Make each string in messages.c be its own .o file. 2001-04-25 05:39:18 +00:00
applets.h Split up chmod_chown_chgrp.c into 3 separate apps. This unfortunately 2001-04-24 18:07:19 +00:00
ar.c Change 'printf("%s\n", ...)' into 'puts(...)'. Noted and patched in hostname.c 2001-05-16 14:21:09 +00:00
AUTHORS Apply Vladimir's latest cleanup patch. 2001-04-09 22:48:12 +00:00
basename.c Change 'printf("%s\n", ...)' into 'puts(...)'. Noted and patched in hostname.c 2001-05-16 14:21:09 +00:00
busybox.c Patch from larry to fix some grammar errors. 2001-05-23 20:32:09 +00:00
busybox.h Move applet_name declaration from busybox.h to libbb.h. 2001-04-24 01:12:33 +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 Another refinement, this time from Larry. 2001-05-01 16:24:32 +00:00
busybox.spec Bump version to 0.52pre 2001-05-09 17:31:27 +00:00
cat.c Patchs from Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> to cleanup 2001-03-09 14:36:42 +00:00
Changelog Several fixes from Sterling Huxley for the vi applet. 2001-04-16 15:46:44 +00:00
chgrp.c These do not need initial values. Let them live in the bss. 2001-04-30 18:07:24 +00:00
chmod.c Fix handling of permission addition and removal (e.g., o-r). 2001-04-26 18:55:29 +00:00
chown.c This patch from Lars Kellogg-Stedman, fixes the behavior of 2001-05-11 15:55:41 +00:00
chroot.c Fix applet_name. 2001-05-17 20:40:21 +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 Patch from Vladimir to fix up autocompletion on a files/dirs with spaces in 2001-05-31 17:15:57 +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 Applied patch from I.Q. to add -s to cmp. 2001-04-25 20:41:02 +00:00
Config.h Get BB_LASH out of the list... 2001-05-24 14:11:09 +00:00
Config.h.Hurd Patch from larry to fix some grammar errors. 2001-05-23 20:32:09 +00:00
cp.c Use generic flag names. 2001-04-24 01:30:02 +00:00
cut.c (Almost) brand-new version of cut that supports muitiple lists of positions, 2001-05-18 23:04:51 +00:00
date.c Patch from larry to fix some grammar errors. 2001-05-23 20:32:09 +00:00
dc.c Patchs from Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> to cleanup 2001-03-09 14:36:42 +00:00
dd.c A number of cleanups. Now compiles with libc5, glibc, and uClibc. Fix a few 2001-04-05 03:14:39 +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 Patch from Vladimir: 2001-05-15 17:42:16 +00:00
dirname.c Fix buffer underrun noted and solved by Larry Doolittle. 2001-04-19 14:56:23 +00:00
dmesg.c A number of cleanups. Now compiles with libc5, glibc, and uClibc. Fix a few 2001-04-05 03:14:39 +00:00
dos2unix.c Fix up some signed char vs int issues that show up on powerpc. 2001-05-24 14:16:28 +00:00
dpkg_deb.c Change 'printf("%s\n", ...)' into 'puts(...)'. Noted and patched in hostname.c 2001-05-16 14:21:09 +00:00
dpkg.c Fix up some signed char vs int issues that show up on powerpc. 2001-05-24 14:16:28 +00:00
du.c Vladimir's last_patch13, containing several bugfixes. 2001-06-01 21:47:15 +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 Patch from larry to fix some grammar errors. 2001-05-23 20:32:09 +00:00
echo.c Apply Vladimir's latest cleanup patch. 2001-04-09 22:48:12 +00:00
env.c Change 'printf("%s\n", ...)' into 'puts(...)'. Noted and patched in hostname.c 2001-05-16 14:21:09 +00:00
expr.c Change 'printf("%s\n", ...)' into 'puts(...)'. Noted and patched in hostname.c 2001-05-16 14:21:09 +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 Applied patch from Larry Doolittle to remove some strlen calls, and add one 2001-04-23 23:16:20 +00:00
grep.c grep failed to compile when BB_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP was defined -- types were wrong. 2001-05-29 22:36:39 +00:00
gunzip.c Make - read compressed data from stdin (thanks to Marius Groeger). 2001-05-22 14:23:02 +00:00
gzip.c Tolerate -q argument, if -q is passed give a warning and continue rather than just fail 2001-05-07 12:01:58 +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 Add xgethostbyname and herror_msg* functions. 2001-05-16 15:40:51 +00:00
hush.c Don't close file descriptors when we are duplicating them. 2001-06-05 16:50:08 +00:00
id.c Change 'printf("%s\n", ...)' into 'puts(...)'. Noted and patched in hostname.c 2001-05-16 14:21:09 +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 Loop forever instead of exiting. 2001-06-03 05:55:52 +00:00
insmod.c Fix up some signed char vs int issues that show up on powerpc. 2001-05-24 14:16:28 +00:00
INSTALL Add installation instructions from Tomas Pospisek <tpo_hp@sourcepole.ch>. 2001-05-10 14:12:20 +00:00
install.sh Per Vladimir's suggestion, force the locale to POSIX for all 2001-03-08 21:42:11 +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 date -u instead of date --utc and consolidate version string. 2001-04-12 20:11:55 +00:00
lash.c Patch from larry to fix some grammar errors. 2001-05-23 20:32:09 +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 Move messages.c to libbb. Make each string in messages.c be its own .o file. 2001-04-25 05:39:18 +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 Update how we detect if libc5 is in use. 2001-04-09 23:52:18 +00:00
ls.c Patch from larry to fix some grammar errors. 2001-05-23 20:32:09 +00:00
lsmod.c Fix infinite loop and reallocate if too many modules. 2001-04-13 14:40:15 +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 Do not purge the .cvsignore files on 'make release' so that 2001-06-04 17:26:38 +00:00
md5sum.c Fix up some signed char vs int issues that show up on powerpc. 2001-05-24 14:16:28 +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 Move messages.c to libbb. Make each string in messages.c be its own .o file. 2001-04-25 05:39:18 +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 Remove/replace the "div" call. 2001-05-16 18:53:34 +00:00
mount.c Don't whine about already mounted filesystems when invoked with -a. 2001-06-03 02:21:38 +00:00
mt.c Fixed misnamed rewind command (noted by Tom Oehser). 2001-05-22 14:32:35 +00:00
mv.c Rewrote rm. 2001-04-24 20:04:18 +00:00
nc.c Add xgethostbyname and herror_msg* functions. 2001-05-16 15:40:51 +00:00
nfsmount.c Add xgethostbyname and herror_msg* functions. 2001-05-16 15:40:51 +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 Patch from Lars Kellogg-Stedman <lars@larsshack.org> to fix bug 2001-05-21 20:30:51 +00:00
pivot_root.c A number of cleanups. Now compiles with libc5, glibc, and uClibc. Fix a few 2001-04-05 03:14:39 +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 Some more patchelttes from Larry Doolittle. 2001-05-24 21:31:09 +00:00
ps.c Patch from larry to fix some grammar errors. 2001-05-23 20:32:09 +00:00
pwd.c Apply Vladimir's latest cleanup patch. 2001-04-09 22:48:12 +00:00
rdate.c Add xgethostbyname and herror_msg* functions. 2001-05-16 15:40:51 +00:00
readlink.c Per some comments from Lars Kellogg-Stedman <lars@larsshack.org>, 2001-05-07 17:48:28 +00:00
README Doc update for the 0.51 release. 2001-04-10 20:10:55 +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 Rewrote rm. 2001-04-24 20:04:18 +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 A number of cleanups. Now compiles with libc5, glibc, and uClibc. Fix a few 2001-04-05 03:14:39 +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 Use safe_strncpy. 2001-05-27 14:11:52 +00:00
setkeycodes.c It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +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 Applied patch from I.Q. to add sort -u as a feature. 2001-04-17 18:56:18 +00:00
stty.c Patch from Vladimir to remove testing stuff from stty 2001-05-07 22:47:45 +00:00
swaponoff.c A number of cleanups. Now compiles with libc5, glibc, and uClibc. Fix a few 2001-04-05 03:14:39 +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 Add xgethostbyname and herror_msg* functions. 2001-05-16 15:40:51 +00:00
tail.c Patch from Lars Kellogg-Stedman <lars@larsshack.org> to fix bug 2001-05-21 20:30:51 +00:00
tar.c Revert the patch from Konstantin Boldyshev <konst@linuxassembly.org> to never 2001-06-04 16:54:39 +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 Add xgethostbyname and herror_msg* functions. 2001-05-16 15:40:51 +00:00
test.c Move messages.c to libbb. Make each string in messages.c be its own .o file. 2001-04-25 05:39:18 +00:00
tftp.c Add xgethostbyname and herror_msg* functions. 2001-05-16 15:40:51 +00:00
TODO Patch from larry to fix some grammar errors. 2001-05-23 20:32:09 +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 Some more patchelttes from Larry Doolittle. 2001-05-24 21:31:09 +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 Patch from Vladimir: 2001-05-15 17:42:16 +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 Update how we detect if libc5 is in use. 2001-04-09 23:52:18 +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 Remove space between ar options 2001-06-03 05:41:59 +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 A patch from Aaron Lehmann <aaronl@vitelus.com> to fix a 2001-05-13 00:48:09 +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 Add xgethostbyname and herror_msg* functions. 2001-05-16 15:40:51 +00:00
which.c Change 'printf("%s\n", ...)' into 'puts(...)'. Noted and patched in hostname.c 2001-05-16 14:21:09 +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 shell, and a kernel.  For
a really minimal system, you can even use the busybox shell (not Bourne
compatible, but very small and quite usable) and the busybox vi editor.

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, SH3/4, powerpc, and MIPS.

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.

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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: 0.51

    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>
	<andersee@codepoet.org>

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