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31 <A NAME="intro"> <BIG><B>
32 The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux
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37BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single
38small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for most of the utilities
39you usually find in fileutils, shellutils, findutils, textutils, grep, gzip,
Eric Andersen8ec10a92001-01-27 09:33:39 +0000[diff] [blame]40tar, etc. BusyBox provides a fairly complete POSIX environment for any small or
41embedded system. The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than
42their full featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included provide
Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]43the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU counterparts.
44<p>
45BusyBox has been written with size-optimization and limited resources in mind.
46It is also extremely modular so you can easily include or exclude commands (or
Eric Andersen8ec10a92001-01-27 09:33:39 +0000[diff] [blame]47features) at compile time. This makes it easy to customize your embedded
48systems. To create a working system, just add /dev, a kernel, and an editor,
49such as nano, e3, or elvis-tiny. For a really minimal system, you can even use
50the busybox shell (not Bourne compatible, but very small and quite usable).
Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]51<p>
52
53BusyBox is now maintained by
Eric Andersen537d1652001-01-25 22:00:37 +0000[diff] [blame]54<a href="http://codepoet.org/andersen/erik/erik.html">
Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]55Erik Andersen</a>, and its ongoing development is being sponsored by
56<a href="http://www.lineo.com/">Lineo</a>.
57<p>
58BusyBox is licensed under the
59<a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE</a>
Eric Andersen766c0122000-06-21 22:43:07 +0000[diff] [blame]60<p>
Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]61
Mark Whitleyac21e932001-01-30 23:37:15 +0000[diff] [blame]62<h3> Screenshot </h3>
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64<p> Because everybody loves screenshots, a <a href="screenshot.html">
65screenshot</a> of BusyBox is now available <a href="screenshot.html"> right
66here</a>
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Eric Andersen8ec10a92001-01-27 09:33:39 +0000[diff] [blame]68<H3>Mailing List Information</h3>
Matt Kraai8677d7b2000-12-15 15:41:03 +0000[diff] [blame]69BusyBox now has a <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/lists/busybox/">mailing list</a>!
Eric Andersen766c0122000-06-21 22:43:07 +0000[diff] [blame]70To subscribe, go and visit <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/mailman/listinfo/busybox">this page</a>.
Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]71
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Matt Kraai18d50642001-01-31 02:13:05 +0000[diff] [blame]77 Latest News
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Matt Kraai18d50642001-01-31 02:13:05 +0000[diff] [blame]85 <li> <b>27 January 2001 -- BusyBox 0.49 released</b>
Eric Andersen8ec10a92001-01-27 09:33:39 +0000[diff] [blame]86 <br>
87
88 Several new applets, lots of bug fixes, cleanups, and many smaller
89 things made nicer. Several cleanups and improvements to the shell.
90 For a list of the most interesting changes
91 you might want to look at the <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a>.
92 <p>
93 Special thanks go out to Matt Kraai and Larry Doolittle for all their
94 work on this release, and for keeping on top of things while I've been
95 out of town.
96 <p>
97 <em>Special Note</em><br>
98
99 BusyBox 0.49 was supposed to have replaced lash, the BusyBox
100 shell, with a new shell that understands full Bourne shell/Posix shell grammer.
101 Well, that simply didn't happen in time for this release. A new
102 shell that will eventually replace lash is already under
103 construction. This new shell is being developed by Larry
104 Doolittle, and could use all of our help. Please see the work in
105 progress on <a href="http://doolittle.faludi.com/~larry/parser.html">Larry's website</a>
106 and help out if you can. This shell will be included in the next
107 release of BusyBox.
108
Matt Kraai18d50642001-01-31 02:13:05 +0000[diff] [blame]109 <li> <b>13 December 2000 -- BusyBox 0.48 released</b>
Eric Andersen43622002000-12-13 18:30:13 +0000[diff] [blame]110 <br>
111
112 This release fixes lots and lots of bugs. This has had some very
113 rigorous testing, and looks very, very clean. The usual tar
114 update of course: tar no longer breaks hardlinks, tar -xzf is
115 optionally supported, and the LRP folks will be pleased to know
116 that 'tar -X' and 'tar --exclude' are both now in. Applets are
Matt Kraaie3a94f72000-12-13 19:50:48 +0000[diff] [blame]117 now looked up using a binary search making lash (the busybox
Eric Andersen43622002000-12-13 18:30:13 +0000[diff] [blame]118 shell) much faster. For the new debian-installer (for Debian
119 woody) a .udeb can now be generated.
120 <p>
Matt Kraaie3a94f72000-12-13 19:50:48 +0000[diff] [blame]121 The curious can get a list of some of the more interesting changes by reading
Eric Andersen43622002000-12-13 18:30:13 +0000[diff] [blame]122 the <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a>.
123 <p>
124 Many thanks go out to the many many people that have contributed to
125 this release, especially Matt Kraai, Larry Doolittle, and Kent Robotti.
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127
Matt Kraai18d50642001-01-31 02:13:05 +0000[diff] [blame]128 <li> <b>Old News</b>
Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]129 <br>
Eric Andersen766c0122000-06-21 22:43:07 +0000[diff] [blame]130 For the old news, visit <a href="http://busybox.lineo.com/oldnews.html">the old news page</a>.
Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]131</ul>
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Mark Whitley8ba1b112001-01-25 23:29:58 +0000[diff] [blame]143
144 <li> Source for the latest release can always be downloaded from
Eric Andersenbdcc6fb2000-09-26 06:15:12 +0000[diff] [blame]145 <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox">ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox</a>.
Mark Whitley8ba1b112001-01-25 23:29:58 +0000[diff] [blame]146
147 <li> A new snapshot of the source is made daily and is available as a GNU
148 gzipped tarball <a href="busybox.tar.gz"> right here</a>.
149
150 <li> BusyBox now has its own publically browsable
Eric Andersen4a971ae2000-06-22 01:27:11 +0000[diff] [blame]151 <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox/">CVS tree</a>,
152 anonymous
153 <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/cvs_anon.html">CVS access</a>, and
154 for those that are actively contributing there is even
155 <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/cvs_write.html">CVS write access</a>.
Mark Whitley8ba1b112001-01-25 23:29:58 +0000[diff] [blame]156
Eric Andersen4a971ae2000-06-22 01:27:11 +0000[diff] [blame]157</ul>
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168Current documentation for BusyBox includes:
169<ul>
Eric Andersenbdcc6fb2000-09-26 06:15:12 +0000[diff] [blame]170 <li> <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/BusyBox.html">BusyBox.html</a>.
171 This is a list of the all the available commands in BusyBox with
172 complete usage information and examples of how to use each app. I
173 have spent a <em>lot</em> of time updating these docs and trying to
174 make them fairly comprehensive. If you find any errors (factual,
175 grammatical, whatever) please let me know.
176 <li> <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/BusyBox.pdf">BusyBox.pdf</a>.
177 This is basically the same document, but in pdf format.
Eric Andersen43622002000-12-13 18:30:13 +0000[diff] [blame]178 <li> <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/README">README</a>.
179 This is the README file included in the busybox source release.
Eric Andersen3312b0b2000-07-07 19:23:10 +0000[diff] [blame]180 <li> <a href="http://bugs.lineo.com/db/pa/lbusybox.html">BusyBoxBugs</a>.
Eric Andersenbdcc6fb2000-09-26 06:15:12 +0000[diff] [blame]181 Need to report a bug? Need to check if a bug has been filed?
Eric Andersenaec27bc2000-07-11 18:18:40 +0000[diff] [blame]182 <li> If you need more help, the BusyBox
183 <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/lists/busybox/">mailing list</a> is
184 a good place to start.
Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]185</ul>
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201 <li> <A HREF="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/">
202 Free Software from Bruce Perens</A><br>
203 The original idea for BusyBox, and all versions up to 0.26 were written
204 by <A HREF="mailto:bruce@perens.com">Bruce Perens</a>. This is his BusyBox website.
205 <p>
206
207 <li> <A HREF="http://freshmeat.net/appindex/1999/04/11/923859921.html">
208 Freshmeat AppIndex record for BusyBox</A>
209 <p>
210
Eric Andersen766c0122000-06-21 22:43:07 +0000[diff] [blame]211 <li> <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/software.html">Other cool embedded software</a>.
212 <p>
213
214 <li> <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/">opensource.lineo.com</a>.
215 <p>
216
Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]217 <li> <A HREF="http://www.lineo.com/">Lineo</A> is sponsoring BusyBox development.
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227 Products/Projects Using BusyBox
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232<p> I know of the following products and/or projects that use BusyBox --
233listed in the order I happen to add them to the web page:
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236 <li> <a href="http://www.lineo.com/products/embedix_linux/">Lineo Embedix Linux</a>
237 <li> <a href="http://cvs.debian.org/boot-floppies/">Debian installer (boot floppies) project</a>
238 <li> <a href="http://www.linuxrouter.org/">Linux Router Project </a>
239 <li> <a href="http://linux-embedded.org/">LEM</a>
240 <li> <a href="http://www.toms.net/rb/">tomsrtbt</a>
241 <li> <a href="http://www.stormix.com/">Stormix Installer</a>
242 <li> <a href="http://www.emacinc.com/linux2_sbc.htm">EMAC Linux 2.0 SBC</a>
243 <li> <a href="http://www.trinux.org/">Trinux</a>
244 <li> <a href="http://oddas.sourceforge.net/">ODDAS project</a>
245 <li> <a href="http://www.kerbango.com/">The Kerbango Internet Radio</a>
246 <li> <a href="http://www.linuxmagic.com/vpn/">LinuxMagic VPN Firewall</a>
247 <li> <a href="http://byld.sourceforge.net/">Build Your Linux Disk</a>
248 <li> <a href="http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ichi/baslinux.html">BasicLinux</a>
249 <li> <a href="http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/recovery">Zdisk</a>
250 <li> <a href="http://www.adtran.com">AdTran - VPN/firewall VPN Linux Distribution</a>
Eric Andersen1b622ff2000-12-14 15:43:57 +0000[diff] [blame]251 <li> <a href="http://mkcdrec.ota.be/">mkCDrec - make CD-ROM recovery</a>
Mark Whitley0bc20ca2001-01-25 23:00:12 +0000[diff] [blame]252 <li> <a href="http://recycle.lbl.gov/~ldoolitt/bse/">Linux on nanoEngine</a>
Mark Whitley63ec2732001-01-31 18:33:20 +0000[diff] [blame]253 <li> <a href="http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/"> Floppyfw</a>
Eric Andersen1b622ff2000-12-14 15:43:57 +0000[diff] [blame]254</ul>
255
256<p> Do you use BusyBox? I'd love to know about it and I'd be happy to link to
257you.
258
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