| 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 |
| |
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| ---------------- |
| |
| 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> |
| |
