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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 emdedded system. The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options then 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 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 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, simply edit the file busybox.def.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 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) ---------------- 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. ---------------- Bugs: If you find bugs, follow the instructions at http://bugs.lineo.com/Reporting.html and submit a bug report. This way, we can be sure nothing falls through the cracks... ---------------- FTP: Source for the latest released version can always be downloaded from ftp://ftp.lineo.com/pub/busybox. ---------------- CVS: BusyBox now has its own publically 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 ---------------- Please feed suggestions, bug reports, insults, and bribes back to: Erik Andersen <andersen@lineo.com> <andersee@debian.org> <blatent plug> Many thanks to go to Lineo for paying me to work on busybox. </blatent plug> |