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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.
BusyBox is a suite of "tiny" Unix utilities in a multi-call binary. It
provides a pretty complete POSIX environment in a very small package.
Just add a kernel, "ash" (Keith Almquists tiny Bourne shell clone), and
an editor such as "elvis-tiny" or "ae", and you have a working system.
Busybox was begun to support the Debian Rescue/Install disks, but it
also makes an excellent environment for any small or embedded system.
It is geared toward the very small, i.e. boot floppies, embedded-
systems, etc. 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 now modularized to easily allow you to build of only the
BB parts you need, thereby reducing binary size. To turn off unwanted
Busybox components, simply edit the file busybox.def.h and comment out
the parts you do not need using C++ style (//) comments.
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.
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`/busybox_install unless you have defined
the PREFIX environment variable.
Edit the file busybox.def.h and comment out the parts you do not need
using C++ comments (//)
Please feed suggestions, bug reports, insults, and bribes back to:
Erik Andersen
<andersen@lineo.com>
<andersee@deban.org>
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 purposely very
simplistic. It does no dependency checking. That is left for you
to figure out by trial and error.
Please feed patches back to:
Erik Andersen <andersee@deban.org>