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@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +Please see the LICENSE file for copyright information. + +Busybox is a multicall binary used to provide a minimal subset of +POSIX style commands and specialized functions. + +It is geared toward 'mini-systems' like boot floppies. Specifically +it is used in the Debian Rescue/Install system (which caused the +original busybox to be made), the Linux Router Project, and others. + +As of version 0.20 there is a version number. : ) +Also as of version 0.20, BB is modularized to allow an easy build of +only the BB parts you need, to reduce binary size. + +Edit the file busybox.def.h and comment out the parts you do not need +using C++ comments (//) + +After the build is complete a busybox.links file is generated to allow +you to easily make the sym/hard links to the busybox binary. + +Note the modular system is Makefile based, and purposly very +simplistic. It does no dependency checking. That is left for you +to figure out by trial and error. + +Please feed patches back to: + Dave Cinege <dcinege@psychosis.com> +and: + Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es> |