Update the documentation so examples are autoincluded in the output text.
Fix up docs/busybox.pod with the latest autogenerated output.
-Erik
diff --git a/applets/usage.h b/applets/usage.h
index b60f1f9..3d4752c 100644
--- a/applets/usage.h
+++ b/applets/usage.h
@@ -15,11 +15,21 @@
#define basename_full_usage \
"Strips directory path and suffixes from FILE.\n" \
"If specified, also removes any trailing SUFFIX."
+#define basename_example_usage \
+ "$ basename /usr/local/bin/foo\n" \
+ "foo\n" \
+ "$ basename /usr/local/bin/\n" \
+ "bin\n" \
+ "$ basename /foo/bar.txt .txt\n" \
+ "bar"
#define cat_trivial_usage \
"[FILE]..."
#define cat_full_usage \
"Concatenates FILE(s) and prints them to stdout."
+#define cat_example_usage \
+ "$ cat /proc/uptime\n" \
+ "110716.72 17.67"
#define chgrp_trivial_usage \
"[OPTION]... GROUP FILE..."
@@ -27,6 +37,12 @@
"Change the group membership of each FILE to GROUP.\n" \
"\nOptions:\n" \
"\t-R\tChanges files and directories recursively."
+#define chgrp_example_usage \
+ "$ ls -l /tmp/foo\n" \
+ "-r--r--r-- 1 andersen andersen 0 Apr 12 18:25 /tmp/foo\n" \
+ "$ chgrp root /tmp/foo\n" \
+ "$ ls -l /tmp/foo\n" \
+ "-r--r--r-- 1 andersen root 0 Apr 12 18:25 /tmp/foo\n"
#define chmod_trivial_usage \
"[-R] MODE[,MODE]... FILE..."
@@ -35,6 +51,15 @@
"symbols +-= and one or more of the letters rwxst.\n\n" \
"Options:\n" \
"\t-R\tChanges files and directories recursively."
+#define chmod_example_usage \
+ "$ ls -l /tmp/foo\n" \
+ "-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 0 Apr 12 18:25 /tmp/foo\n" \
+ "$ chmod u+x /tmp/foo\n" \
+ "$ ls -l /tmp/foo\n" \
+ "-rwxrw-r-- 1 root root 0 Apr 12 18:25 /tmp/foo*\n" \
+ "$ chmod 444 /tmp/foo\n" \
+ "$ ls -l /tmp/foo\n" \
+ "-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Apr 12 18:25 /tmp/foo\n"
#define chown_trivial_usage \
"[OPTION]... OWNER[<.|:>[GROUP] FILE..."
@@ -42,11 +67,27 @@
"Change the owner and/or group of each FILE to OWNER and/or GROUP.\n" \
"\nOptions:\n" \
"\t-R\tChanges files and directories recursively."
+#define chown_example_usage \
+ "$ ls -l /tmp/foo\n" \
+ "-r--r--r-- 1 andersen andersen 0 Apr 12 18:25 /tmp/foo\n" \
+ "$ chown root /tmp/foo\n" \
+ "$ ls -l /tmp/foo\n" \
+ "-r--r--r-- 1 root andersen 0 Apr 12 18:25 /tmp/foo\n" \
+ "$ chown root.root /tmp/foo\n" \
+ "ls -l /tmp/foo\n" \
+ "-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Apr 12 18:25 /tmp/foo\n"
#define chroot_trivial_usage \
"NEWROOT [COMMAND...]"
#define chroot_full_usage \
"Run COMMAND with root directory set to NEWROOT."
+#define chroot_example_usage \
+ "$ ls -l /bin/ls\n" \
+ "lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Apr 13 00:46 /bin/ls -> /BusyBox\n" \
+ "$ mount /dev/hdc1 /mnt -t minix\n" \
+ "$ chroot /mnt\n" \
+ "$ ls -l /bin/ls\n" \
+ "-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 40816 Feb 5 07:45 /bin/ls*\n"
#define chvt_trivial_usage \
"N"
@@ -85,6 +126,11 @@
"\t-s\t\tOutput only the lines containing delimiter\n" \
"\t-f N\t\tPrint only these fields\n" \
"\t-n\t\tIgnored"
+#define cut_example_usage \
+ "$ echo "Hello world" | cut -f 1 -d ' '\n" \
+ "Hello\n" \
+ "$ echo "Hello world" | cut -f 2 -d ' '\n" \
+ "world\n"
#define date_trivial_usage \
"[OPTION]... [+FORMAT]"
@@ -95,6 +141,9 @@
"\t-d STRING\tdisplay time described by STRING, not `now'\n" \
"\t-s\t\tSets time described by STRING\n" \
"\t-u\t\tPrints or sets Coordinated Universal Time"
+#define date_example_usage \
+ "$ date\n" \
+ "Wed Apr 12 18:52:41 MDT 2000\n"
#define dc_trivial_usage \
"expression ..."
@@ -102,6 +151,17 @@
"This is a Tiny RPN calculator that understands the\n" \
"following operations: +, -, /, *, and, or, not, eor.\n" \
"i.e. 'dc 2 2 add' -> 4, and 'dc 8 8 \\* 2 2 + /' -> 16"
+#define dc_example_usage \
+ "$ dc 2 2 +\n" \
+ "4\n" \
+ "$ dc 8 8 \* 2 2 + /\n" \
+ "16\n" \
+ "$ dc 0 1 and\n" \
+ "0\n" \
+ "$ dc 0 1 or\n" \
+ "1\n" \
+ "$ echo 72 9 div 8 mul | dc\n" \
+ "64\n"
#define dd_trivial_usage \
"[if=FILE] [of=FILE] [bs=N] [count=N] [skip=N]\n" \
@@ -119,6 +179,10 @@
"\n" \
"Numbers may be suffixed by c (x1), w (x2), b (x512), kD (x1000), k (x1024),\n" \
"MD (x1000000), M (x1048576), GD (x1000000000) or G (x1073741824)."
+#define dd_example_usage \
+ "$ dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ram1 bs=1M count=4\n" \
+ "4+0 records in\n" \
+ "4+0 records out\n"
#define deallocvt_trivial_usage \
"N"
@@ -143,11 +207,24 @@
"\t-m\tprint sizes in megabytes\n" \
"\t-k\tprint sizes in kilobytes(default)") USAGE_NOT_HUMAN_READABLE( \
"\n\t-k\tprint sizes in kilobytes(compatability)")
+#define df_example_usage \
+ "$ df\n" \
+ "Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on\n" \
+ "/dev/sda3 8690864 8553540 137324 98% /\n" \
+ "/dev/sda1 64216 36364 27852 57% /boot\n" \
+ "$ df /dev/sda3\n" \
+ "Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on\n" \
+ "/dev/sda3 8690864 8553540 137324 98% /\n"
#define dirname_trivial_usage \
"[FILENAME ...]"
#define dirname_full_usage \
"Strips non-directory suffix from FILENAME"
+#define dirname_example_usage \
+ "$ dirname /tmp/foo\n" \
+ "/tmp\n" \
+ "$ dirname /tmp/foo/\n" \
+ "/tmp\n"
#define dmesg_trivial_usage \
"[-c] [-n LEVEL] [-s SIZE]"
@@ -184,6 +261,8 @@
"\t-e\tExtract control files to directory\n" \
"\t-x\tExctract packages filesystem tree to directory\n" \
"\t-X\tVerbose extract"
+#define dpkg_deb_example_usage \
+ "$ dpkg-deb -X ./busybox_0.48-1_i386.deb /tmp\n"
#define du_trivial_usage \
"[-ls" USAGE_HUMAN_READABLE("hm") USAGE_NOT_HUMAN_READABLE("") "k] [FILE]..."
@@ -198,17 +277,40 @@
"\t-m\tprint sizes in megabytes\n" \
"\t-k\tprint sizes in kilobytes(default)") USAGE_NOT_HUMAN_READABLE( \
"\n\t-k\tprint sizes in kilobytes(compatability)")
+#define du_example_usage \
+ "$ du\n" \
+ "16 ./CVS\n" \
+ "12 ./kernel-patches/CVS\n" \
+ "80 ./kernel-patches\n" \
+ "12 ./tests/CVS\n" \
+ "36 ./tests\n" \
+ "12 ./scripts/CVS\n" \
+ "16 ./scripts\n" \
+ "12 ./docs/CVS\n" \
+ "104 ./docs\n" \
+ "2417 .\n"
#define dumpkmap_trivial_usage \
"> keymap"
#define dumpkmap_full_usage \
"Prints out a binary keyboard translation table to standard output."
+#define dumpkmap_example_usage \
+ "$ dumpkmap > keymap\n"
#define dutmp_trivial_usage \
"[FILE]"
#define dutmp_full_usage \
"Dump utmp file format (pipe delimited) from FILE\n" \
"or stdin to stdout. (i.e. 'dutmp /var/run/utmp')"
+#define dutmp_example_usage \
+ "$ dutmp /var/run/utmp\n" \
+ "8|7||si|||0|0|0|955637625|760097|0\n" \
+ "2|0|~|~~|reboot||0|0|0|955637625|782235|0\n" \
+ "1|20020|~|~~|runlevel||0|0|0|955637625|800089|0\n" \
+ "8|125||l4|||0|0|0|955637629|998367|0\n" \
+ "6|245|tty1|1|LOGIN||0|0|0|955637630|998974|0\n" \
+ "6|246|tty2|2|LOGIN||0|0|0|955637630|999498|0\n" \
+ "7|336|pts/0|vt00andersen|andersen|:0.0|0|0|0|955637763|0|0\n"
#define echo_trivial_usage \
"[-neE] [ARG ...]"
@@ -218,6 +320,15 @@
"\t-n\tsuppress trailing newline\n" \
"\t-e\tinterpret backslash-escaped characters (i.e. \\t=tab etc)\n" \
"\t-E\tdisable interpretation of backslash-escaped characters"
+#define echo_example_usage \
+ "$ echo "Erik is cool"\n" \
+ "Erik is cool\n" \
+ "$ echo -e "Erik\nis\ncool"\n" \
+ "Erik\n" \
+ "is\n" \
+ "cool\n" \
+ "$ echo "Erik\nis\ncool"\n" \
+ "Erik\nis\ncool\n"
#define expr_trivial_usage \
"EXPRESSION"
@@ -257,6 +368,24 @@
""
#define false_full_usage \
"Return an exit code of FALSE (1)."
+#define false_example_usage \
+ "$ false\n" \
+ "$ echo $?\n" \
+ "1\n"
+
+#define fbset_trivial_usage \
+ "[options] [mode]"
+#define fbset_full_usage \
+ "Show and modify frame buffer settings"
+#define fbset_example_usage \
+ "$ fbset\n" \
+ "mode "1024x768-76"\n" \
+ "\t# D: 78.653 MHz, H: 59.949 kHz, V: 75.694 Hz\n" \
+ "\tgeometry 1024 768 1024 768 16\n" \
+ "\ttimings 12714 128 32 16 4 128 4\n" \
+ "\taccel false\n" \
+ "\trgba 5/11,6/5,5/0,0/0\n" \
+ "endmode\n"
#define fdflush_trivial_usage \
"DEVICE"
@@ -293,16 +422,27 @@
"\n\t-perm PERMS\tPermissions match any of (+NNN); all of (-NNN);\n\t\t\tor exactly (NNN)" \
) USAGE_FIND_MTIME( \
"\n\t-mtime TIME\tModified time is greater than (+N); less than (-N);\n\t\t\tor exactly (N) days")
+#define find_example_usage \
+ "$ find / -name /etc/passwd\n" \
+ "/etc/passwd\n"
#define free_trivial_usage \
""
#define free_full_usage \
"Displays the amount of free and used system memory"
+#define free_example_usage \
+ "$ free\n" \
+ " total used free shared buffers\n" \
+ " Mem: 257628 248724 8904 59644 93124\n" \
+ " Swap: 128516 8404 120112\n" \
+ "Total: 386144 257128 129016\n" \
#define freeramdisk_trivial_usage \
"DEVICE"
#define freeramdisk_full_usage \
"Frees all memory used by the specified ramdisk."
+#define freeramdisk_example_usage \
+ "$ freeramdisk /dev/ram2\n"
#define fsck_minix_trivial_usage \
"[-larvsmf] /dev/name"
@@ -330,6 +470,26 @@
"\t-s, --shell=shell Set shell quoting conventions\n" \
"\t-T, --test Test for getopt(1) version\n" \
"\t-u, --unqote Do not quote the output"
+#define getopt_example_usage \
+ "$ cat getopt.test\n" \
+ "#!/bin/sh\n" \
+ "GETOPT=`getopt -o ab:c:: --long a-long,b-long:,c-long:: \\\n" \
+ " -n 'example.busybox' -- "$@"`\n" \
+ "if [ $? != 0 ] ; then exit 1 ; fi\n" \
+ "eval set -- "$GETOPT"\n" \
+ "while true ; do\n" \
+ " case $1 in\n" \
+ " -a|--a-long) echo \"Option a\" ; shift ;;\n" \
+ " -b|--b-long) echo \"Option b, argument \`$2'\" ; shift 2 ;;\n" \
+ " -c|--c-long)\n" \
+ " case "$2" in\n" \
+ " \"\") echo \"Option c, no argument\"; shift 2 ;;\n" \
+ " *) echo \"Option c, argument \`$2'\" ; shift 2 ;;\n" \
+ " esac ;;\n" \
+ " --) shift ; break ;;\n" \
+ " *) echo \"Internal error!\" ; exit 1 ;;\n" \
+ " esac\n" \
+ "done\n"
#define grep_trivial_usage \
"[-ihHnqvs] pattern [files...]"
@@ -343,9 +503,11 @@
"\t-q\tbe quiet. Returns 0 if result was found, 1 otherwise\n" \
"\t-v\tselect non-matching lines\n" \
"\t-s\tsuppress file open/read error messages"
-
-#define egrep_trivial_usage grep_trivial_usage
-#define egrep_full_usage grep_full_usage
+#define grep_example_usage \
+ "$ grep root /etc/passwd\n" \
+ "root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash\n" \
+ "$ grep ^[rR]oo. /etc/passwd\n" \
+ "root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash\n"
#define gunzip_trivial_usage \
"[OPTION]... FILE"
@@ -354,6 +516,12 @@
"Options:\n" \
"\t-c\tWrite output to standard output\n" \
"\t-t\tTest compressed file integrity"
+#define gunzip_example_usage \
+ "$ ls -la /tmp/BusyBox*\n" \
+ "-rw-rw-r-- 1 andersen andersen 557009 Apr 11 10:55 /tmp/BusyBox-0.43.tar.gz\n" \
+ "$ gunzip /tmp/BusyBox-0.43.tar.gz\n" \
+ "$ ls -la /tmp/BusyBox*\n" \
+ "-rw-rw-r-- 1 andersen andersen 1761280 Apr 14 17:47 /tmp/BusyBox-0.43.tar\n"
#define gzip_trivial_usage \
"[OPTION]... FILE"
@@ -363,6 +531,12 @@
"Options:\n" \
"\t-c\tWrite output to standard output instead of FILE.gz\n" \
"\t-d\tdecompress"
+#define gzip_example_usage \
+ "$ ls -la /tmp/BusyBox*\n" \
+ "-rw-rw-r-- 1 andersen andersen 1761280 Apr 14 17:47 /tmp/BusyBox-0.43.tar\n" \
+ "$ gzip /tmp/BusyBox-0.43.tar\n" \
+ "$ ls -la /tmp/BusyBox*\n" \
+ "-rw-rw-r-- 1 andersen andersen 554058 Apr 14 17:49 /tmp/BusyBox-0.43.tar.gz\n"
#define halt_trivial_usage \
""
@@ -377,6 +551,10 @@
"file name. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.\n\n" \
"Options:\n" \
"\t-n NUM\t\tPrint first NUM lines instead of first 10"
+#define head_example_usage \
+ "$ head -n 2 /etc/passwd\n" \
+ "root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash\n" \
+ "daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh\n"
#define hostid_trivial_usage \
""
@@ -393,6 +571,9 @@
"\t-i\t\tAddresses for the hostname\n" \
"\t-d\t\tDNS domain name\n" \
"\t-F, --file FILE\tUse the contents of FILE to specify the hostname"
+#define hostname_example_usage \
+ "$ hostname\n" \
+ "slag \n"
#define id_trivial_usage \
"[OPTIONS]... [USERNAME]"
@@ -403,6 +584,9 @@
"\t-u\tprints only the user ID\n" \
"\t-n\tprint a name instead of a number (with for -ug)\n" \
"\t-r\tprints the real user ID instead of the effective ID (with -ug)"
+#define id_example_usage \
+ "$ id\n" \
+ "uid=1000(andersen) gid=1000(andersen)\n"
#ifdef BB_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_SLIP
#define USAGE_SIOCSKEEPALIVE(a) a
@@ -443,8 +627,116 @@
#define init_trivial_usage \
""
#define init_full_usage \
- "Init is the parent of all processes.\n\n" \
- "This version of init is designed to be run only by the kernel."
+ "Init is the parent of all processes."
+#define init_notes_usage \
+"This version of init is designed to be run only by the kernel.\n" \
+"\n" \
+"BusyBox init doesn't support multiple runlevels. The runlevels field of\n" \
+"the /etc/inittab file is completely ignored by BusyBox init. If you want \n" \
+"runlevels, use sysvinit.\n" \
+"\n" \
+"BusyBox init works just fine without an inittab. If no inittab is found, \n" \
+"it has the following default behavior:\n" \
+"\n" \
+" ::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS\n" \
+" ::askfirst:/bin/sh\n" \
+"\n" \
+"if it detects that /dev/console is _not_ a serial console, it will also run:\n" \
+"\n" \
+" tty2::askfirst:/bin/sh\n" \
+"\n" \
+"If you choose to use an /etc/inittab file, the inittab entry format is as follows:\n" \
+"\n" \
+" <id>:<runlevels>:<action>:<process>\n" \
+"\n" \
+" <id>: \n" \
+"\n" \
+" WARNING: This field has a non-traditional meaning for BusyBox init!\n" \
+" The id field is used by BusyBox init to specify the controlling tty for\n" \
+" the specified process to run on. The contents of this field are\n" \
+" appended to "/dev/" and used as-is. There is no need for this field to\n" \
+" be unique, although if it isn't you may have strange results. If this\n" \
+" field is left blank, the controlling tty is set to the console. Also\n" \
+" note that if BusyBox detects that a serial console is in use, then only\n" \
+" entries whose controlling tty is either the serial console or /dev/null\n" \
+" will be run. BusyBox init does nothing with utmp. We don't need no\n" \
+" stinkin' utmp.\n" \
+"\n" \
+" <runlevels>: \n" \
+"\n" \
+" The runlevels field is completely ignored.\n" \
+"\n" \
+" <action>: \n" \
+"\n" \
+" Valid actions include: sysinit, respawn, askfirst, wait, \n" \
+" once, and ctrlaltdel.\n" \
+"\n" \
+" The available actions can be classified into two groups: actions\n" \
+" that are run only once, and actions that are re-run when the specified\n" \
+" process exits.\n" \
+"\n" \
+" Run only-once actions:\n" \
+"\n" \
+" 'sysinit' is the first item run on boot. init waits until all\n" \
+" sysinit actions are completed before continuing. Following the\n" \
+" completion of all sysinit actions, all 'wait' actions are run.\n" \
+" 'wait' actions, like 'sysinit' actions, cause init to wait until\n" \
+" the specified task completes. 'once' actions are asyncronous,\n" \
+" therefore, init does not wait for them to complete. 'ctrlaltdel'\n" \
+" actions are run immediately before init causes the system to reboot\n" \
+" (unmounting filesystems with a 'ctrlaltdel' action is a very good\n" \
+" idea).\n" \
+"\n" \
+" Run repeatedly actions:\n" \
+"\n" \
+" 'respawn' actions are run after the 'once' actions. When a process\n" \
+" started with a 'respawn' action exits, init automatically restarts\n" \
+" it. Unlike sysvinit, BusyBox init does not stop processes from\n" \
+" respawning out of control. The 'askfirst' actions acts just like\n" \
+" respawn, except that before running the specified process it\n" \
+" displays the line "Please press Enter to activate this console."\n" \
+" and then waits for the user to press enter before starting the\n" \
+" specified process. \n" \
+"\n" \
+" Unrecognized actions (like initdefault) will cause init to emit an\n" \
+" error message, and then go along with its business. All actions are\n" \
+" run in the reverse order from how they appear in /etc/inittab.\n" \
+"\n" \
+" <process>: \n" \
+"\n" \
+" Specifies the process to be executed and it's command line.\n" \
+"\n" \
+"Example /etc/inittab file:\n" \
+" # This is run first except when booting in single-user mode.\n" \
+" #\n" \
+" ::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS\n" \
+" \n" \
+" # /bin/sh invocations on selected ttys\n" \
+" #\n" \
+" # Start an "askfirst" shell on the console (whatever that may be)\n" \
+" ::askfirst:-/bin/sh\n" \
+" # Start an "askfirst" shell on /dev/tty2-4\n" \
+" tty2::askfirst:-/bin/sh\n" \
+" tty3::askfirst:-/bin/sh\n" \
+" tty4::askfirst:-/bin/sh\n" \
+" \n" \
+" # /sbin/getty invocations for selected ttys\n" \
+" #\n" \
+" tty4::respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5\n" \
+" tty5::respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6\n" \
+" \n" \
+" \n" \
+" # Example of how to put a getty on a serial line (for a terminal)\n" \
+" #\n" \
+" #::respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100\n" \
+" #::respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS1 9600 vt100\n" \
+" #\n" \
+" # Example how to put a getty on a modem line.\n" \
+" #::respawn:/sbin/getty 57600 ttyS2\n" \
+" \n" \
+" # Stuff to do before rebooting\n" \
+" ::ctrlaltdel:/bin/umount -a -r\n" \
+" ::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/swapoff -a\n"
#define insmod_trivial_usage \
"[OPTION]... MODULE [symbol=value]..."
@@ -463,6 +755,15 @@
"Send a signal (default is SIGTERM) to the specified process(es).\n\n"\
"Options:\n" \
"\t-l\tList all signal names and numbers."
+#define kill_example_usage \
+ "$ ps | grep apache\n" \
+ "252 root root S [apache]\n" \
+ "263 www-data www-data S [apache]\n" \
+ "264 www-data www-data S [apache]\n" \
+ "265 www-data www-data S [apache]\n" \
+ "266 www-data www-data S [apache]\n" \
+ "267 www-data www-data S [apache]\n" \
+ "$ kill 252\n"
#define killall_trivial_usage \
"[-signal] process-name [process-name ...]"
@@ -470,6 +771,8 @@
"Send a signal (default is SIGTERM) to the specified process(es).\n\n"\
"Options:\n" \
"\t-l\tList all signal names and numbers."
+#define killall_example_usage \
+ "$ killall apache\n"
#define klogd_trivial_usage \
"-n"
@@ -482,6 +785,9 @@
"STRING"
#define length_full_usage \
"Prints out the length of the specified STRING."
+#define length_example_usage \
+ "$ length "Hello"\n" \
+ "5\n"
#define ln_trivial_usage \
"[OPTION] TARGET... LINK_NAME|DIRECTORY"
@@ -492,21 +798,31 @@
"\t-s\tmake symbolic links instead of hard links\n" \
"\t-f\tremove existing destination files\n" \
"\t-n\tno dereference symlinks - treat like normal file"
+#define ln_example_usage \
+ "$ ln -s BusyBox /tmp/ls\n" \
+ "$ ls -l /tmp/ls\n" \
+ "lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 12 18:39 ls -> BusyBox*\n"
#define loadacm_trivial_usage \
"< mapfile"
#define loadacm_full_usage \
"Loads an acm from standard input."
+#define loadacm_example_usage \
+ "$ loadacm < /etc/i18n/acmname\n"
#define loadfont_trivial_usage \
"< font"
#define loadfont_full_usage \
"Loads a console font from standard input."
+#define loadfont_example_usage \
+ "$ loadfont < /etc/i18n/fontname\n"
#define loadkmap_trivial_usage \
"< keymap"
#define loadkmap_full_usage \
"Loads a binary keyboard translation table from standard input."
+#define loadkmap_example_usage \
+ "$ loadkmap < /etc/i18n/lang-keymap\n"
#define logger_trivial_usage \
"[OPTION]... [MESSAGE]"
@@ -517,11 +833,16 @@
"\t-t\tLog using the specified tag (defaults to user name).\n" \
"\t-p\tEnter the message with the specified priority.\n" \
"\t\tThis may be numerical or a ``facility.level'' pair."
+#define logger_example_usage \
+ "$ logger "hello"\n"
#define logname_trivial_usage \
""
#define logname_full_usage \
"Print the name of the current user."
+#define logname_example_usage \
+ "$ logname\n" \
+ "root\n"
#define logread_trivial_usage \
""
@@ -612,6 +933,11 @@
"For example:\n" \
"\tmakedevs /dev/ttyS c 4 66 2 63 -> ttyS2-ttyS63\n" \
"\tmakedevs /dev/hda b 3 0 0 8 s -> hda,hda1-hda8"
+#define makedevs_example_usage \
+ "$ makedevs /dev/ttyS c 4 66 2 63\n" \
+ "[creates ttyS2-ttyS63]\n" \
+ "$ makedevs /dev/hda b 3 0 0 8 s\n" \
+ "[creates hda,hda1-hda8]\n"
#define md5sum_trivial_usage \
"[OPTION] [FILE]...\n" \
@@ -627,6 +953,15 @@
"\nThe following two options are useful only when verifying checksums:\n" \
"\t-s\tdon't output anything, status code shows success\n" \
"\t-w\twarn about improperly formated MD5 checksum lines"
+#define md5sum_example_usage \
+ "$ md5sum < busybox\n" \
+ "6fd11e98b98a58f64ff3398d7b324003\n" \
+ "$ md5sum busybox\n" \
+ "6fd11e98b98a58f64ff3398d7b324003 busybox\n" \
+ "$ md5sum -c -\n" \
+ "6fd11e98b98a58f64ff3398d7b324003 busybox\n" \
+ "busybox: OK\n" \
+ "^D\n"
#define mkdir_trivial_usage \
"[OPTION] DIRECTORY..."
@@ -635,6 +970,13 @@
"Options:\n" \
"\t-m\tset permission mode (as in chmod), not rwxrwxrwx - umask\n" \
"\t-p\tno error if existing, make parent directories as needed"
+#define mkdir_example_usage \
+ "$ mkdir /tmp/foo\n" \
+ "$ mkdir /tmp/foo\n" \
+ "/tmp/foo: File exists\n" \
+ "$ mkdir /tmp/foo/bar/baz\n" \
+ "/tmp/foo/bar/baz: No such file or directory\n" \
+ "$ mkdir -p /tmp/foo/bar/baz\n"
#define mkfifo_trivial_usage \
"[OPTIONS] name"
@@ -664,6 +1006,9 @@
"\tb:\tMake a block (buffered) device.\n" \
"\tc or u:\tMake a character (un-buffered) device.\n" \
"\tp:\tMake a named pipe. MAJOR and MINOR are ignored for named pipes."
+#define mknod_example_usage \
+ "$ mknod /dev/fd0 b 2 0 \n" \
+ "$ mknod -m 644 /tmp/pipe p\n"
#define mkswap_trivial_usage \
"[-c] [-v0|-v1] device [block-count]"
@@ -680,11 +1025,18 @@
#define mktemp_full_usage \
"Creates a temporary file with its name based on TEMPLATE.\n" \
"TEMPLATE is any name with six `Xs' (i.e. /tmp/temp.XXXXXX)."
+#define mktemp_example_usage \
+ "$ mktemp /tmp/temp.XXXXXX\n" \
+ "/tmp/temp.mWiLjM\n" \
+ "$ ls -la /tmp/temp.mWiLjM\n" \
+ "-rw------- 1 andersen andersen 0 Apr 25 17:10 /tmp/temp.mWiLjM\n"
#define more_trivial_usage \
"[FILE ...]"
#define more_full_usage \
"More is a filter for viewing FILE one screenful at a time."
+#define more_example_usage \
+ "$ dmesg | more\n"
#ifdef BB_FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP
#define USAGE_MOUNT_LOOP(a) a
@@ -724,6 +1076,13 @@
"\tro/rw:\t\tMount for read-only / read-write.\n" \
"\nThere are EVEN MORE flags that are specific to each filesystem.\n" \
"You'll have to see the written documentation for those."
+#define mount_example_usage \
+ "$ mount\n" \
+ "/dev/hda3 on / type minix (rw)\n" \
+ "proc on /proc type proc (rw)\n" \
+ "devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)\n" \
+ "$ mount /dev/fd0 /mnt -t msdos -o ro\n" \
+ "$ mount /tmp/diskimage /opt -t ext2 -o loop\n"
#define mt_trivial_usage \
"[-f device] opcode value"
@@ -740,16 +1099,34 @@
"or: mv SOURCE... DIRECTORY"
#define mv_full_usage \
"Rename SOURCE to DEST, or move SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY."
+#define mv_example_usage \
+ "$ mv /tmp/foo /bin/bar\n"
#define nc_trivial_usage \
"[IP] [port]"
#define nc_full_usage \
"Netcat opens a pipe to IP:port"
+#define nc_example_usage \
+ "$ nc foobar.somedomain.com 25\n" \
+ "220 foobar ESMTP Exim 3.12 #1 Sat, 15 Apr 2000 00:03:02 -0600\n" \
+ "help\n" \
+ "214-Commands supported:\n" \
+ "214- HELO EHLO MAIL RCPT DATA AUTH\n" \
+ "214 NOOP QUIT RSET HELP\n" \
+ "quit\n" \
+ "221 foobar closing connection\n"
#define nslookup_trivial_usage \
"[HOST]"
#define nslookup_full_usage \
"Queries the nameserver for the IP address of the given HOST"
+#define nslookup_example_usage \
+ "$ nslookup localhost\n" \
+ "Server: default\n" \
+ "Address: default\n" \
+ "\n" \
+ "Name: debian\n" \
+ "Address: 127.0.0.1\n"
#ifdef BB_FEATURE_SIMPLE_PING
#define ping_trivial_usage "host"
@@ -765,6 +1142,14 @@
"\t-q\t\tQuiet mode, only displays output at start\n" \
"\t\t\tand when finished."
#endif
+#define ping_example_usage \
+ "$ ping localhost\n" \
+ "PING slag (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes\n" \
+ "64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=20.1 ms\n" \
+ "\n" \
+ "--- debian ping statistics ---\n" \
+ "1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss\n" \
+ "round-trip min/avg/max = 20.1/20.1/20.1 ms\n"
#define pivot_root_trivial_usage \
"new_root put_old"
@@ -782,17 +1167,35 @@
#define printf_full_usage \
"Formats and prints ARGUMENT(s) according to FORMAT,\n" \
"Where FORMAT controls the output exactly as in C printf."
+#define printf_example_usage \
+ "$ printf "Val=%d\n" 5\n" \
+ "Val=5\n"
#define ps_trivial_usage \
""
#define ps_full_usage \
"Report process status\n" \
"\nThis version of ps accepts no options."
+#define ps_example_usage \
+ "$ ps\n" \
+ " PID Uid Gid State Command\n" \
+ " 1 root root S init\n" \
+ " 2 root root S [kflushd]\n" \
+ " 3 root root S [kupdate]\n" \
+ " 4 root root S [kpiod]\n" \
+ " 5 root root S [kswapd]\n" \
+ " 742 andersen andersen S [bash]\n" \
+ " 743 andersen andersen S -bash\n" \
+ " 745 root root S [getty]\n" \
+ " 2990 andersen andersen R ps\n"
#define pwd_trivial_usage \
""
#define pwd_full_usage \
"Print the full filename of the current working directory."
+#define pwd_example_usage \
+ "$ pwd\n" \
+ "/root\n"
#define rdate_trivial_usage \
"[OPTION] HOST"
@@ -838,11 +1241,15 @@
USAGE_RM_INTERACTIVE("\t-i\t\talways prompt before removing each destinations\n") \
"\t-f\t\tremove existing destinations, never prompt\n" \
"\t-r or -R\tremove the contents of directories recursively"
+#define rm_example_usage \
+ "$ rm -rf /tmp/foo\n"
#define rmdir_trivial_usage \
"[OPTION]... DIRECTORY..."
#define rmdir_full_usage \
"Remove the DIRECTORY(ies), if they are empty."
+#define rmdir_example_usage \
+ "# rmdir /tmp/foo\n"
#define rmmod_trivial_usage \
"[OPTION]... [MODULE]..."
@@ -850,6 +1257,8 @@
"Unloads the specified kernel modules from the kernel.\n\n" \
"Options:\n" \
"\t-a\tTry to remove all unused kernel modules."
+#define rmmod_example_usage \
+ "$ rmmod tulip\n"
#define route_trivial_usage \
"[{add|del|flush}]"
@@ -873,6 +1282,9 @@
"If no -e or -f is given, the first non-option argument is taken as the\n" \
"sed script to interpret. All remaining arguments are names of input\n" \
"files; if no input files are specified, then the standard input is read."
+#define sed_example_usage \
+ "$ echo "foo" | sed -e 's/f[a-zA-Z]o/bar/g'\n" \
+ "bar\n"
#define setkeycodes_trivial_usage \
"SCANCODE KEYCODE ..."
@@ -881,17 +1293,31 @@
"allowing unusual keyboards to generate usable keycodes.\n\n" \
"SCANCODE may be either xx or e0xx (hexadecimal),\n" \
"and KEYCODE is given in decimal"
+#define setkeycodes_example_usage \
+ "$ setkeycodes e030 127\n"
#define sh_trivial_usage \
"[FILE]...\n" \
"or: sh -c command [args]..."
#define sh_full_usage \
- "lash: The BusyBox command interpreter (shell)."
+ "lash: The BusyBox LAme SHell (command interpreter)"
+#define sh_notes_usage \
+"This command does not yet have proper documentation.\n" \
+"\n" \
+"Use lash just as you would use any other shell. It properly handles pipes,\n" \
+"redirects, job control, can be used as the shell for scripts, and has a\n" \
+"sufficient set of builtins to do what is needed. It does not (yet) support\n" \
+"Bourne Shell syntax. If you need things like "if-then-else", "while", and such\n" \
+"use ash or bash. If you just need a very simple and extremely small shell,\n" \
+"this will do the job."
#define sleep_trivial_usage \
"N"
#define sleep_full_usage \
"Pause for N seconds."
+#define sleep_example_usage \
+ "$ sleep 2\n" \
+ "[2 second delay results]\n"
#ifdef BB_FEATURE_SORT_REVERSE
@@ -903,6 +1329,14 @@
"[-n]" USAGE_SORT_REVERSE(" [-r]") " [FILE]..."
#define sort_full_usage \
"Sorts lines of text in the specified files"
+#define sort_example_usage \
+ "$ echo -e "e\nf\nb\nd\nc\na" | sort\n" \
+ "a\n" \
+ "b\n" \
+ "c\n" \
+ "d\n" \
+ "e\n" \
+ "f\n"
#define stty_trivial_usage \
"[-a|g] [-F device] [SETTING]..."
@@ -952,6 +1386,9 @@
USAGE_REMOTE_LOG( \
"\n\t-R HOST[:PORT]\tLog to IP or hostname on PORT (default PORT=514/UDP)\n" \
"\t-L\t\tLog locally and via network logging (default is network only)")
+#define syslogd_example_usage \
+ "$ syslogd -R masterlog:514\n" \
+ "$ syslogd -R 192.168.1.1:601\n"
#ifdef BB_FEATURE_SIMPLE_TAIL
@@ -969,14 +1406,15 @@
USAGE_UNSIMPLE_TAIL("\t-c N[kbm]\toutput the last N bytes\n") \
"\t-n N[kbm]\tprint last N lines instead of last 10\n" \
"\t-f\t\toutput data as the file grows" \
- USAGE_UNSIMPLE_TAIL( \
- "\n\t-q\t\tnever output headers giving file names\n" \
+ USAGE_UNSIMPLE_TAIL( "\n\t-q\t\tnever output headers giving file names\n" \
"\t-s SEC\t\twait SEC seconds between reads with -f\n" \
"\t-v\t\talways output headers giving file names\n\n" \
- "If the first character of N (bytes or lines) is a `+', output begins with \n" \
+ "If the first character of N (bytes or lines) is a '+', output begins with \n" \
"the Nth item from the start of each file, otherwise, print the last N items\n" \
- "in the file. N bytes may be suffixed by k (x1024), b (x512), or m (1024^2)." \
- )
+ "in the file. N bytes may be suffixed by k (x1024), b (x512), or m (1024^2)." )
+#define tail_example_usage \
+ "$ tail -n 1 /etc/resolv.conf\n" \
+ "nameserver 10.0.0.1\n"
#ifdef BB_FEATURE_TAR_CREATE
#define USAGE_TAR_CREATE(a) a
@@ -1007,6 +1445,9 @@
) \
"\nInformative output:\n" \
"\tv\t\tverbosely list files processed"
+#define tar_example_usage \
+ "$ zcat /tmp/tarball.tar.gz | tar -xf -\n" \
+ "$ tar -cf /tmp/tarball.tar /usr/local\n"
#define tee_trivial_usage \
"[OPTION]... [FILE]..."
@@ -1014,6 +1455,10 @@
"Copy standard input to each FILE, and also to standard output.\n\n" \
"Options:\n" \
"\t-a\tappend to the given FILEs, do not overwrite"
+#define tee_example_usage \
+ "$ echo "Hello" | tee /tmp/foo\n" \
+ "$ cat /tmp/foo\n" \
+ "Hello\n"
#define telnet_trivial_usage \
"host [port]"
@@ -1026,6 +1471,19 @@
#define test_full_usage \
"Checks file types and compares values returning an exit\n" \
"code determined by the value of EXPRESSION."
+#define test_example_usage \
+ "$ test 1 -eq 2\n" \
+ "$ echo $?\n" \
+ "1\n" \
+ "$ test 1 -eq 1\n" \
+ "$ echo $? \n" \
+ "0\n" \
+ "$ [ -d /etc ]\n" \
+ "$ echo $?\n" \
+ "0\n" \
+ "$ [ -d /junk ]\n" \
+ "$ echo $?\n" \
+ "1\n"
#ifdef BB_FEATURE_TFTP_GET
#define USAGE_TFTP_GET(a) a
@@ -1057,6 +1515,12 @@
"Update the last-modified date on the given file[s].\n\n" \
"Options:\n" \
"\t-c\tDo not create any files"
+#define touch_example_usage \
+ "$ ls -l /tmp/foo\n" \
+ "/bin/ls: /tmp/foo: No such file or directory\n" \
+ "$ touch /tmp/foo\n" \
+ "$ ls -l /tmp/foo\n" \
+ "-rw-rw-r-- 1 andersen andersen 0 Apr 15 01:11 /tmp/foo\n"
#define tr_trivial_usage \
"[-cds] STRING1 [STRING2]"
@@ -1067,11 +1531,18 @@
"\t-c\ttake complement of STRING1\n" \
"\t-d\tdelete input characters coded STRING1\n" \
"\t-s\tsqueeze multiple output characters of STRING2 into one character"
+#define tr_example_usage \
+ "$ echo "gdkkn vnqkc" | tr [a-y] [b-z]\n" \
+ "hello world\n"
#define true_trivial_usage \
""
#define true_full_usage \
"Return an exit code of TRUE (0)."
+#define true_example_usage \
+ "$ true\n" \
+ "$ echo $?\n" \
+ "0\n"
#define tty_trivial_usage \
""
@@ -1079,6 +1550,9 @@
"Print the file name of the terminal connected to standard input.\n\n"\
"Options:\n" \
"\t-s\tprint nothing, only return an exit status"
+#define tty_example_usage \
+ "$ tty\n" \
+ "/dev/tty2\n"
#ifdef BB_FEATURE_MOUNT_FORCE
#define USAGE_MOUNT_FORCE(a) a
@@ -1094,6 +1568,8 @@
"\n\t-r:\tTry to remount devices as read-only if mount is busy" \
USAGE_MOUNT_FORCE("\n\t-f:\tForce filesystem umount (i.e. unreachable NFS server)") \
USAGE_MOUNT_LOOP("\n\t-l:\tDo not free loop device (if a loop device has been used)")
+#define umount_example_usage \
+ "$ umount /dev/hdc1 \n"
#define uname_trivial_usage \
"[OPTION]..."
@@ -1107,6 +1583,9 @@
"\t-s\tprint the operating system name\n" \
"\t-p\tprint the host processor type\n" \
"\t-v\tprint the operating system version"
+#define uname_example_usage \
+ "$ uname -a\n" \
+ "Linux debian 2.2.15pre13 #5 Tue Mar 14 16:03:50 MST 2000 i686 unknown\n"
#define uniq_trivial_usage \
"[OPTION]... [INPUT [OUTPUT]]"
@@ -1117,6 +1596,11 @@
"\t-c\tprefix lines by the number of occurrences\n" \
"\t-d\tonly print duplicate lines\n" \
"\t-u\tonly print unique lines"
+#define uniq_example_usage \
+ "$ echo -e "a\na\nb\nc\nc\na" | sort | uniq\n" \
+ "a\n" \
+ "b\n" \
+ "c\n"
#define unix2dos_trivial_usage \
"[option] [file]"
@@ -1136,11 +1620,17 @@
""
#define uptime_full_usage \
"Display the time since the last boot."
+#define uptime_example_usage \
+ "$ uptime\n" \
+ " 1:55pm up 2:30, load average: 0.09, 0.04, 0.00\n"
#define usleep_trivial_usage \
"N"
#define usleep_full_usage \
"Pause for N microseconds."
+#define usleep_example_usage \
+ "$ usleep 1000000\n" \
+ "[pauses for 1 second]\n"
#define uudecode_trivial_usage \
"[FILE]..."
@@ -1148,6 +1638,10 @@
"Uudecode a file that is uuencoded.\n\n" \
"Options:\n" \
"\t-o FILE\tdirect output to FILE" \
+#define uudecode_example_usage \
+ "$ uudecode -o busybox busybox.uu\n" \
+ "$ ls -l busybox\n" \
+ "-rwxr-xr-x 1 ams ams 245264 Jun 7 21:35 busybox\n"
#define uuencode_trivial_usage \
"[OPTION] [INFILE] REMOTEFILE"
@@ -1155,6 +1649,12 @@
"Uuencode a file.\n\n" \
"Options:\n" \
"\t-m\tuse base64 encoding as of RFC1521"
+#define uuencode_example_usage \
+ "$ uuencode busybox busybox\n" \
+ "begin 755 busybox\n" \
+ "<encoded file snipped>\n" \
+ "$ uudecode busybox busybox > busybox.uu\n" \
+ "$\n"
#define watchdog_trivial_usage \
"DEV"
@@ -1171,6 +1671,9 @@
"\t-l\tprint the newline counts\n" \
"\t-L\tprint the length of the longest line\n" \
"\t-w\tprint the word counts"
+#define wc_example_usage \
+ "$ wc /etc/passwd\n" \
+ " 31 46 1365 /etc/passwd\n"
#define wget_trivial_usage \
"[-c] [-O file] url"
@@ -1184,6 +1687,9 @@
"[COMMAND ...]"
#define which_full_usage \
"Locates a COMMAND."
+#define which_example_usage \
+ "$ which login\n" \
+ "/bin/login\n"
#define whoami_trivial_usage \
""
@@ -1194,11 +1700,14 @@
"[COMMAND] [ARGS...]"
#define xargs_full_usage \
"Executes COMMAND on every item given by standard input."
+#define xargs_example_usage \
+ "$ ls | xargs gzip\n" \
+ "$ find . -name '*.c' -print | xargs rm\n"
#define yes_trivial_usage \
"[OPTION]... [STRING]..."
#define yes_full_usage \
- "Repeatedly outputs a line with all specified STRING(s), or `y'."
+ "Repeatedly outputs a line with all specified STRING(s), or 'y'."
#define zcat_trivial_usage \
"FILE"