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authorEric Andersen2004-04-06 15:39:20 +0000
committerEric Andersen2004-04-06 15:39:20 +0000
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Yet more doc updates
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-rw-r--r--docs/busybox.net/screenshot.html46
-rw-r--r--docs/busybox_header.pod61
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diff --git a/docs/busybox.net/screenshot.html b/docs/busybox.net/screenshot.html
index 1f8e8c8..7d4f25c 100644
--- a/docs/busybox.net/screenshot.html
+++ b/docs/busybox.net/screenshot.html
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ font-family: monospace; font-size: smaller;" width="100">
$ ./busybox
-BusyBox v1.00-pre3 (2003.09.12-05:48+0000) multi-call binary
+BusyBox v1.00 (2004.04.06-14:56+0000) multi-call binary
Usage: busybox [function] [arguments]...
or: [function] [arguments]...
@@ -25,28 +25,28 @@ Usage: busybox [function] [arguments]...
Currently defined functions:
- [, addgroup, adduser, adjtimex, ar, arping, ash, awk, basename,
- bunzip2, busybox, bzcat, cal, cat, chgrp, chmod, chown, chroot, chvt,
- clear, cmp, cp, cpio, crond, crontab, cut, date, dc, dd, deallocvt,
- delgroup, deluser, df, dirname, dmesg, dos2unix, dpkg, dpkg-deb, du,
- dumpkmap, dumpleases, echo, egrep, env, expr, false, fbset, fdflush,
- fdformat, fgrep, find, fold, free, freeramdisk, fsck.minix, ftpget,
- ftpput, getopt, getty, grep, gunzip, gzip, halt, head, hexdump, hostid,
- hostname, httpd, hush, hwclock, id, ifconfig, ifdown, ifup, inetd,
- init, insmod, ip, ipcalc, iplink, iproute, iptunnel, kill, killall,
- klogd, lash, last, length, linuxrc, ln, loadfont, loadkmap, logger,
- login, logname, logread, losetup, ls, lsmod, makedevs, md5sum, mesg,
- minit, mkdir, mkfifo, mkfs.minix, mknod, mkswap, mktemp, modprobe,
- more, mount, msh, msvc, mt, mv, nameif, nc, netstat, nslookup, od,
- openvt, passwd, patch, pidfilehack, pidof, ping, ping6, pivot_root,
- poweroff, printf, ps, pwd, rdate, readlink, realpath, reboot, renice,
- reset, rm, rmdir, rmmod, route, rpm, rpm2cpio, run-parts, sed,
- setkeycodes, sha1sum, sleep, sort, start-stop-daemon, strings, stty,
- su, sulogin, swapoff, swapon, sync, syslogd, tail, tar, tee, telnet,
- telnetd, test, tftp, time, top, touch, tr, traceroute, true, tty,
- udhcpc, udhcpd, umount, uname, uncompress, uniq, unix2dos, unzip,
- update, uptime, usleep, uudecode, uuencode, vconfig, vi, vlock, watch,
- watchdog, wc, wget, which, who, whoami, xargs, yes, zcat
+ [, addgroup, adduser, adjtimex, ar, arping, ash, awk, basename, bunzip2,
+ busybox, bzcat, cal, cat, chgrp, chmod, chown, chroot, chvt, clear, cmp,
+ cp, cpio, crond, crontab, cut, date, dc, dd, deallocvt, delgroup, deluser,
+ devfsd, df, dirname, dmesg, dos2unix, dpkg, dpkg-deb, du, dumpkmap,
+ dumpleases, echo, egrep, env, expr, false, fbset, fdflush, fdformat, fdisk,
+ fgrep, find, fold, free, freeramdisk, fsck.minix, ftpget, ftpput, getopt,
+ getty, grep, gunzip, gzip, halt, hdparm, head, hexdump, hostid, hostname,
+ httpd, hush, hwclock, id, ifconfig, ifdown, ifup, inetd, init, insmod,
+ install, ip, ipcalc, iplink, iproute, iptunnel, kill, killall, klogd, lash,
+ last, length, linuxrc, ln, loadfont, loadkmap, logger, login, logname,
+ logread, losetup, ls, lsmod, makedevs, md5sum, mesg, mkdir, mkfifo,
+ mkfs.minix, mknod, mkswap, mktemp, modprobe, more, mount, msh, mt, mv,
+ nameif, nc, netstat, nslookup, od, openvt, passwd, patch, pidof, ping,
+ ping6, pipe_progress, pivot_root, poweroff, printf, ps, pwd, rdate,
+ readlink, realpath, reboot, renice, reset, rm, rmdir, rmmod, route, rpm,
+ rpm2cpio, run-parts, rx, sed, seq, setkeycodes, sha1sum, sleep, sort,
+ start-stop-daemon, strings, stty, su, sulogin, swapoff, swapon, sync,
+ sysctl, syslogd, tail, tar, tee, telnet, telnetd, test, tftp, time, top,
+ touch, tr, traceroute, true, tty, udhcpc, udhcpd, umount, uname,
+ uncompress, uniq, unix2dos, unzip, uptime, usleep, uudecode, uuencode,
+ vconfig, vi, vlock, watch, watchdog, wc, wget, which, who, whoami, xargs,
+ yes, zcat
$ <blink>_</blink>
diff --git a/docs/busybox_header.pod b/docs/busybox_header.pod
index c8ca666..daf5df4 100644
--- a/docs/busybox_header.pod
+++ b/docs/busybox_header.pod
@@ -17,17 +17,18 @@ small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for most of the utilities
you usually find in GNU coreutils, util-linux, etc. 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 provides a fairly complete POSIX
-environment for any small or embedded system.
+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, /etc, and a Linux kernel.
+BusyBox provides a fairly complete POSIX environment for any small or embedded
+system.
BusyBox is extremely configurable. This allows you to include only the
components you need, thereby reducing binary size. Run 'make config' or 'make
-menuconfig' for select the functionality that you wish to enable. The run
+menuconfig' to select the functionality that you wish to enable. The run
'make' to compile BusyBox using your configuration.
After the compile has finished, you should use 'make install' to install
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ is just a single BusyBox binary, but that single binary acts like a large
number of utilities. This allows BusyBox to be smaller since all the built-in
utility programs (we call them applets) can share code for many common operations.
-You can also invoke BusyBox by issuing the command as an argument on the
+You can also invoke BusyBox by issuing a command as an argument on the
command line. For example, entering
/bin/busybox ls
@@ -81,27 +82,27 @@ been enabled, more detailed usage information will also be available.
Currently defined functions include:
addgroup, adduser, adjtimex, ar, arping, ash, awk, basename, bunzip2,
- busybox, bzcat, cal, cat, chgrp, chmod, chown, chroot, chvt, clear,
- cmp, cp, cpio, crond, crontab, cut, date, dc, dd, deallocvt, delgroup,
- deluser, df, dirname, dmesg, dos2unix, dpkg, dpkg-deb, du, dumpkmap,
- dumpleases, dutmp, echo, egrep, env, expr, false, fbset, fdflush,
- fdformat, fgrep, find, fold, free, freeramdisk, fsck.minix, ftpget,
- ftpput, getopt, getty, grep, gunzip, gzip, halt, hdparm, head, hexdump,
- hostid, hostname, httpd, hush, hwclock, id, ifconfig, ifdown, ifup,
- inetd, init, insmod, ip, ipcalc, iplink, iproute, iptunnel, kill,
- killall, klogd, lash, length, linuxrc, ln, loadfont, loadkmap, logger,
- login, logname, logread, losetup, ls, lsmod, makedevs, md5sum, mesg,
- minit, mkdir, mkfifo, mkfs.minix, mknod, mkswap, mktemp, modprobe,
- more, mount, msh, msvc, mt, mv, nameif, nc, netstat, nslookup, od,
- openvt, passwd, patch, pidfilehack, pidof, ping, ping6, pivot_root,
- poweroff, printf, ps, pwd, rdate, readlink, realpath, reboot, renice,
- reset, rm, rmdir, rmmod, route, rpm, rpm2cpio, run-parts, sed,
- setkeycodes, sha1sum, sleep, sort, start-stop-daemon, strings, stty,
- su, sulogin, swapoff, swapon, sync, syslogd, tail, tar, tee, telnet,
- telnetd, test, tftp, time, top, touch, tr, traceroute, true, tty,
- udhcpc, udhcpd, umount, uname, uncompress, uniq, unix2dos, unzip,
- uptime, usleep, uudecode, uuencode, vconfig, vi, vlock, watch,
- watchdog, wc, wget, which, who, whoami, xargs, yes, zcat, [
+ busybox, bzcat, cal, cat, chgrp, chmod, chown, chroot, chvt, clear, cmp,
+ cp, cpio, crond, crontab, cut, date, dc, dd, deallocvt, delgroup, deluser,
+ devfsd, df, dirname, dmesg, dos2unix, dpkg, dpkg-deb, du, dumpkmap,
+ dumpleases, echo, egrep, env, expr, false, fbset, fdflush, fdformat, fdisk,
+ fgrep, find, fold, free, freeramdisk, fsck.minix, ftpget, ftpput, getopt,
+ getty, grep, gunzip, gzip, halt, hdparm, head, hexdump, hostid, hostname,
+ httpd, hush, hwclock, id, ifconfig, ifdown, ifup, inetd, init, insmod,
+ install, ip, ipcalc, iplink, iproute, iptunnel, kill, killall, klogd, lash,
+ last, length, linuxrc, ln, loadfont, loadkmap, logger, login, logname,
+ logread, losetup, ls, lsmod, makedevs, md5sum, mesg, mkdir, mkfifo,
+ mkfs.minix, mknod, mkswap, mktemp, modprobe, more, mount, msh, mt, mv,
+ nameif, nc, netstat, nslookup, od, openvt, passwd, patch, pidof, ping,
+ ping6, pipe_progress, pivot_root, poweroff, printf, ps, pwd, rdate,
+ readlink, realpath, reboot, renice, reset, rm, rmdir, rmmod, route, rpm,
+ rpm2cpio, run-parts, rx, sed, seq, setkeycodes, sha1sum, sleep, sort,
+ start-stop-daemon, strings, stty, su, sulogin, swapoff, swapon, sync,
+ sysctl, syslogd, tail, tar, tee, telnet, telnetd, test, tftp, time, top,
+ touch, tr, traceroute, true, tty, udhcpc, udhcpd, umount, uname,
+ uncompress, uniq, unix2dos, unzip, uptime, usleep, uudecode, uuencode,
+ vconfig, vi, vlock, watch, watchdog, wc, wget, which, who, whoami, xargs,
+ yes, zcat
=head1 LIBC NSS
@@ -110,8 +111,8 @@ of the C library for the local environment, and to configure how it reads
system data, such as passwords and group information. This is implemented
using an /etc/nsswitch.conf configuration file, and using one or more of the
/lib/libnss_* libraries. BusyBox tries to avoid using any libc calls that make
-use of NSS. Some applets, such as login and su, will use libc functions that
-usually require NSS.
+use of NSS. Some applets however, such as login and su, will use libc functions
+that require NSS.
If you enable CONFIG_USE_BB_PWD_GRP, BusyBox will use internal functions to
directly access the /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and /etc/shadow files without
@@ -122,9 +123,9 @@ When used with glibc, the BusyBox 'networking' applets will similarly require
that you install at least some of the glibc NSS stuff (in particular,
/etc/nsswitch.conf, /lib/libnss_dns*, /lib/libnss_files*, and /lib/libresolv*).
-Shameless Plug: As an alternative one could use a C library such as uClibc. In
-addition to making your system significantly smaller, uClibc does not need or
-use any NSS support files or libraries.
+Shameless Plug: As an alternative, one could use a C library such as uClibc. In
+addition to making your system significantly smaller, uClibc does not require the
+use of any NSS support files or libraries.
=over 4