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diff --git a/docs/busybox.net/tinyutils.html b/docs/busybox.net/tinyutils.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9122d6e --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/busybox.net/tinyutils.html @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +<!--#include file="header.html" --> + + +<h3>External Tiny Utilities</h3> + +This is a list of tiny utilities whose functionality is not provided by +busybox. If you have additional suggestions, please send an e-mail to our +dev mailing list. + +<br><br> + +<table border=1> +<tr> + <th>Feature</th> + <th>Utilities</th> +</tr> + +<tr> + <td>SSH</td> + <td><a href="http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/">Dropbear</a> has both an ssh server and an ssh client that together come in around 100k. It has no external +dependencies (I.E. it does not depend on OpenSSL, using a built-in copy of +LibTomCrypt instead). It's actively maintained, with a quiet but responsive +mailing list.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> + <td>SMTP</td> + <td><a href="ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/ssmtp/">ssmtp</a> is an extremely simple Mail Transfer Agent.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> + <td>ntp</td> + <td><a href="http://doolittle.icarus.com/ntpclient/">ntpclient</a> is a +tiny ntp client. BusyBox has rdate to set the date from a remote server, but +if you want a daemon to repeatedly adjust the clock over time, try that.</td> +</table> + +<p>In a gui environment, you'll probably want a web browser. +<a href="http://www.konqueror.org/embedded/">Konqueror Embedded</a> requires QT +(or QT Embedded), but not KDE. The <a href="http://www.dillo.org/">Dillo</a> +requires GTK+, but not Gnome. Or you can try the <a href="http://links.twibright.com/">graphical +version of links</a>.</p> + +<h3>SCRIPTING LANGUAGES</h3> +<p>Although busybox has built-in support for shell scripts, plenty of other +small scripting languages are available on the net. A few examples:</p> +<table border=1> +<tr> +<th><language></th> +<th><description></th> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> <a href=http://www.foo.be/docs/tpj/issues/vol5_3/tpj0503-0003.html>microperl</a> </td> +<td> A small standalone perl interpreter that can be built from the perl source +s via "make -f Makefile.micro". If you really feel the need for perl on an embe +dded system, this is where to start. +</tr> +<tr> + +<td><a href=http://www.lua.org/pil/>Lua</a></td> +<td>If you just want a small embedded scripting language to write <em>new</en> +code in, this Brazilian import is lightweight, fairly popular, and has +a complete book about it online.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td><a href= http://www.star.le.ac.uk/%7Etjg/rc/>rc</a></td> +<td>The PLAN9 shell. Not compatible with conventional bourne shell syntax, +but fairly lightweight and small.</td> +</tr> + +</tr> +<tr> +<td><a href=http://www.forth.org>forth</a></td> +<td>A well known language for fast and small programs, decades old but still +in use for everything from OpenBIOS to computer controlled engine timing.</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>For more information, you probably want to look at +<a href=http://buildroot.uclibc.org>buildroot</a> and +<a href=http://gentoo-wiki.com/TinyGentoo>TinyGentoo</a>, which +build and use tiny utilities for all sorts of things.</p> + +<!--#include file="footer.html" --> + |