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Eric Andersen 2b02ab9606 This patch from Lars Kellogg-Stedman, fixes the behavior of
chown to be consistant with GNU chown, so that it follows
symlinks (who cares about the perms on a link anyways?) unless
the -h option is supplied.
 -Erik
2001-05-11 15:55:41 +00:00
applets Fix env usage information. 2001-05-11 14:28:17 +00:00
archival Per some comments from Lars Kellogg-Stedman <lars@larsshack.org>, 2001-05-07 17:48:28 +00:00
console-tools -Wshadow loadacm fix from Jeff Garzik 2001-03-23 17:03:28 +00:00
coreutils This patch from Lars Kellogg-Stedman, fixes the behavior of 2001-05-11 15:55:41 +00:00
debian Bump version to 0.52pre 2001-05-09 17:31:27 +00:00
docs Use .png for images (removing all .gifs) and make them all 90x36 2001-05-02 17:19:25 +00:00
editors A patch from Vladimir to use last_char_is(), and a patch from 2001-05-07 22:57:47 +00:00
examples Bump version to 0.52pre 2001-05-09 17:31:27 +00:00
findutils A bug fix from Vladimir for a memory leak I stupidly 2001-05-07 22:45:06 +00:00
include Fix env usage information. 2001-05-11 14:28:17 +00:00
init Move messages.c to libbb. Make each string in messages.c be its own .o file. 2001-04-25 05:39:18 +00:00
libbb Fix symlink removal problem noted by Erik Andersen. 2001-05-11 02:35:36 +00:00
miscutils Per some comments from Lars Kellogg-Stedman <lars@larsshack.org>, 2001-05-07 17:48:28 +00:00
modutils A fix from Larry for a corner case where insmod could end up 2001-04-26 19:29:58 +00:00
networking Make stdio functions which can be interrupted by the progressmeter timer 2001-05-09 19:15:46 +00:00
procps Move messages.c to libbb. Make each string in messages.c be its own .o file. 2001-04-25 05:39:18 +00:00
scripts Added some help messages. 2001-04-17 17:37:47 +00:00
shell A few more structural updates for job control. 2001-05-08 05:11:54 +00:00
sysklogd Per comment from Jim McQuillan <jam@mcquil.com>, don't log 2001-05-07 17:55:05 +00:00
tests Some more tests for cut. Craig Matsuura said he saw some problems along these 2001-03-27 20:48:01 +00:00
util-linux Actually we dont need to check if the device is nfs as it wont be stat'ed 2001-05-07 01:51:24 +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 Rename variable that shadows global 2001-04-12 16:37:13 +00:00
AUTHORS Apply Vladimir's latest cleanup patch. 2001-04-09 22:48:12 +00:00
basename.c Added some more '/* getopt not needed */' lines. 2001-03-09 23:59:51 +00:00
busybox.c Per some comments from Lars Kellogg-Stedman <lars@larsshack.org>, 2001-05-07 17:48:28 +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 It turns out that DODMALLOC was broken when I reorganized busybox.h 2001-02-20 06:14:08 +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 Some patches from Gennady Feldman. Fixed a glob problem such that 2001-04-23 15:28:28 +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 Patch from Jim McQuillan to pass the terminal type to the remote host. 2001-05-07 17:57:45 +00:00
Config.h.Hurd Removed obsoleted BB_FEATURE_RM_INTERACTIVE 2001-04-25 22:08:56 +00:00
cp.c Use generic flag names. 2001-04-24 01:30:02 +00:00
cut.c Silence cut so it doesn't whine during compilation 2001-05-07 23:07:17 +00:00
date.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
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 Fixed df.c so that nfs volumes will display properly (fixing bug #1113). 2001-03-09 22:42:26 +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 dos2unix/tr problem noted by Larry Doolittle. 2001-04-12 21:38:06 +00:00
dpkg_deb.c dpkg improvements, use full package struct, avoid extracting to tmp dir, rename variable. 2001-04-16 04:52:19 +00:00
dpkg.c Another nice cleanup from Larry. This adds a new last_char_is() function and 2001-04-26 15:56:47 +00:00
du.c Patch from Vladimir to use last_char_is to simplify du.c 2001-05-07 22:49:43 +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 Move messages.c to libbb. Make each string in messages.c be its own .o file. 2001-04-25 05:39:18 +00:00
echo.c Apply Vladimir's latest cleanup patch. 2001-04-09 22:48:12 +00:00
env.c Check that putenv succeeded, suggested by Jonas Holmberg. 2001-05-11 15:16:28 +00:00
expr.c Another cleanup patch from Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> 2001-03-19 23:49:41 +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 The tiniest of bracket-placement fixes. 2001-04-17 17:30:44 +00:00
gunzip.c woops, forgot the break statment 2001-05-07 12:06:37 +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 A cleanup patch from Jeff Garzik to static-ify a number of 2001-03-09 21:24:12 +00:00
hush.c A few more structural updates for job control. 2001-05-08 05:11:54 +00:00
id.c Patch from Vladimir N. Oleynik to save 128 bytes by moving error 2001-02-27 18:22:03 +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 Move messages.c to libbb. Make each string in messages.c be its own .o file. 2001-04-25 05:39:18 +00:00
insmod.c A fix from Larry for a corner case where insmod could end up 2001-04-26 19:29:58 +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 Moved some #ifdefs down below #include "busybox.h" where they belong. 2001-04-25 17:10:30 +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 Made new xreadlink function for libbb and changed applets to use it instead of 2001-04-30 18:17:00 +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 Bump version to 0.52pre 2001-05-09 17:31:27 +00:00
md5sum.c Handle endian-ness. Patch from Paul J.Y. Lahaie <pjlahaie@linuxcare.com> 2001-04-14 03:33:33 +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 Move messages.c to libbb. Make each string in messages.c be its own .o file. 2001-04-25 05:39:18 +00:00
mount.c Actually we dont need to check if the device is nfs as it wont be stat'ed 2001-05-07 01:51:24 +00:00
mt.c Patchs from Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> to cleanup 2001-03-09 14:36:42 +00:00
mv.c Rewrote rm. 2001-04-24 20:04:18 +00:00
nc.c Patchs from Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> to cleanup 2001-03-09 14:36:42 +00:00
nfsmount.c Clean up more local vars which shadow globals 2001-03-21 21:52:25 +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 Update how we detect if libc5 is in use. 2001-04-09 23:52:18 +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 Per Vladimir's suggestion, force the locale to POSIX for all 2001-03-08 21:42:11 +00:00
ps.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
pwd.c Apply Vladimir's latest cleanup patch. 2001-04-09 22:48:12 +00:00
rdate.c A nice patch from Larry Doolittle that adds -Wshadow and 2001-03-21 07:34:27 +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 Fixed a buglet where an extra newline was being added after an insert command 2001-04-20 23:41:44 +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 Per comment from Jim McQuillan <jam@mcquil.com>, don't log 2001-05-07 17:55:05 +00:00
tail.c A cleanup patch from Jeff Garzik to static-ify a number of 2001-03-09 21:24:12 +00:00
tar.c Per some comments from Lars Kellogg-Stedman <lars@larsshack.org>, 2001-05-07 17:48:28 +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 Patch from Jim McQuillan to pass the terminal type to the remote host. 2001-05-07 17:57:45 +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 A number of cleanups. Now compiles with libc5, glibc, and uClibc. Fix a few 2001-04-05 03:14:39 +00:00
TODO A todo update from larry to acknowledge the existance of hush 2001-05-03 17:35:48 +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 Move messages.c to libbb. Make each string in messages.c be its own .o file. 2001-04-25 05:39:18 +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 Canonicalize path before trying to unmount it. 2001-05-02 21:24:51 +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 Fix env usage information. 2001-05-11 14:28:17 +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 Vladimir to use last_char_is(), and a patch from 2001-05-07 22:57:47 +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 Make stdio functions which can be interrupted by the progressmeter timer 2001-05-09 19:15:46 +00:00
which.c A bug fix from Vladimir for a memory leak I stupidly 2001-05-07 22:45:06 +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.

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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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