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authorBernhard Reutner-Fischer2008-08-21 13:22:44 +0000
committerBernhard Reutner-Fischer2008-08-21 13:22:44 +0000
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- improve documentation a bit
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@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ BusyBox - The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux
=head1 SYNTAX
- BusyBox <function> [arguments...] # or
+ busybox <applet> [arguments...] # or
- <function> [arguments...] # if symlinked
+ <applet> [arguments...] # if symlinked
=head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ BusyBox is a multi-call binary. A multi-call binary is an executable program
that performs the same job as more than one utility program. That means there
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.
+utility programs (we call them applets) can share code for many common
+operations.
You can also invoke BusyBox by issuing a command as an argument on the
command line. For example, entering
@@ -72,11 +73,11 @@ applets that have been compiled into your BusyBox binary.
=head1 COMMON OPTIONS
-Most BusyBox commands support the B<--help> argument to provide a terse runtime
+Most BusyBox applets support the B<--help> argument to provide a terse runtime
description of their behavior. If the CONFIG_FEATURE_VERBOSE_USAGE option has
been enabled, more detailed usage information will also be available.
=head1 COMMANDS
-Currently defined functions include:
+Currently available applets include: