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32 The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux
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38BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single
39small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for most of the utilities
40you usually find in fileutils, shellutils, findutils, textutils, grep, gzip,
41tar, etc. BusyBox provides a fairly complete POSIX environment for any small
Pavel Roskin82c0ac72000-06-05 20:19:47 +0000[diff] [blame]42or embedded system. The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than
Eric Andersen36fe1a32000-06-05 17:22:37 +0000[diff] [blame]43their full-featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included provide
Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]44the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU counterparts.
45<p>
46BusyBox has been written with size-optimization and limited resources in mind.
47It is also extremely modular so you can easily include or exclude commands (or
48features) at compile time. This makes it easy to customize your embedded
49systems. To create a working system, just add a kernel, a shell (such as ash),
Eric Andersenbdcc6fb2000-09-26 06:15:12 +0000[diff] [blame]50and an editor (such as elvis-tiny or ae). For a really minimal system, just
51the the busybox shell (not a POSIX shell, but very small and quite usable).
Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]52<p>
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54BusyBox is now maintained by
Eric Andersen537d1652001-01-25 22:00:37 +0000[diff] [blame]55<a href="http://codepoet.org/andersen/erik/erik.html">
Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]56Erik Andersen</a>, and its ongoing development is being sponsored by
57<a href="http://www.lineo.com/">Lineo</a>.
58<p>
59BusyBox is licensed under the
60<a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE</a>
Eric Andersen766c0122000-06-21 22:43:07 +0000[diff] [blame]61<p>
Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]62
Eric Andersen766c0122000-06-21 22:43:07 +0000[diff] [blame]63<H3>NEW!</h3>
Matt Kraai8677d7b2000-12-15 15:41:03 +0000[diff] [blame]64BusyBox now has a <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/lists/busybox/">mailing list</a>!
Eric Andersen766c0122000-06-21 22:43:07 +0000[diff] [blame]65To 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]66
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Eric Andersen43622002000-12-13 18:30:13 +0000[diff] [blame]80 <p> <li> <b>13 December 2000 -- BusyBox 0.48 released</b>
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82
83 This release fixes lots and lots of bugs. This has had some very
84 rigorous testing, and looks very, very clean. The usual tar
85 update of course: tar no longer breaks hardlinks, tar -xzf is
86 optionally supported, and the LRP folks will be pleased to know
87 that 'tar -X' and 'tar --exclude' are both now in. Applets are
Matt Kraaie3a94f72000-12-13 19:50:48 +0000[diff] [blame]88 now looked up using a binary search making lash (the busybox
Eric Andersen43622002000-12-13 18:30:13 +0000[diff] [blame]89 shell) much faster. For the new debian-installer (for Debian
90 woody) a .udeb can now be generated.
91 <p>
Matt Kraaie3a94f72000-12-13 19:50:48 +0000[diff] [blame]92 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]93 the <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a>.
94 <p>
95 Many thanks go out to the many many people that have contributed to
96 this release, especially Matt Kraai, Larry Doolittle, and Kent Robotti.
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Eric Andersenbdcc6fb2000-09-26 06:15:12 +0000[diff] [blame]99 <p> <li> <b>26 September 2000 -- BusyBox 0.47 released</b>
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102 This release fixes lots of bugs (including an ugly bug in 0.46
103 syslogd that could fork-bomb your system). Added several new
104 apps: rdate, wget, getopt, dos2unix, unix2dos, reset, unrpm,
105 renice, xargs, and expr. syslogd now supports network logging.
106 There are the usual tar updates. Most apps now use getopt for
107 more correct option parsing.
108 See the <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a>
109 for complete details.
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Eric Andersen766c0122000-06-21 22:43:07 +0000[diff] [blame]112 <p> <li> <b>Old News</b>
Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]113 <br>
Eric Andersen766c0122000-06-21 22:43:07 +0000[diff] [blame]114 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]115</ul>
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Mark Whitley8ba1b112001-01-25 23:29:58 +0000[diff] [blame]127
128 <li> Source for the latest release can always be downloaded from
Eric Andersenbdcc6fb2000-09-26 06:15:12 +0000[diff] [blame]129 <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox">ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox</a>.
Mark Whitley8ba1b112001-01-25 23:29:58 +0000[diff] [blame]130
131 <li> A new snapshot of the source is made daily and is available as a GNU
132 gzipped tarball <a href="busybox.tar.gz"> right here</a>.
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134 <li> BusyBox now has its own publically browsable
Eric Andersen4a971ae2000-06-22 01:27:11 +0000[diff] [blame]135 <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox/">CVS tree</a>,
136 anonymous
137 <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/cvs_anon.html">CVS access</a>, and
138 for those that are actively contributing there is even
139 <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/cvs_write.html">CVS write access</a>.
Mark Whitley8ba1b112001-01-25 23:29:58 +0000[diff] [blame]140
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152Current documentation for BusyBox includes:
153<ul>
Eric Andersenbdcc6fb2000-09-26 06:15:12 +0000[diff] [blame]154 <li> <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/BusyBox.html">BusyBox.html</a>.
155 This is a list of the all the available commands in BusyBox with
156 complete usage information and examples of how to use each app. I
157 have spent a <em>lot</em> of time updating these docs and trying to
158 make them fairly comprehensive. If you find any errors (factual,
159 grammatical, whatever) please let me know.
160 <li> <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/BusyBox.pdf">BusyBox.pdf</a>.
161 This is basically the same document, but in pdf format.
Eric Andersen43622002000-12-13 18:30:13 +0000[diff] [blame]162 <li> <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/README">README</a>.
163 This is the README file included in the busybox source release.
Eric Andersen3312b0b2000-07-07 19:23:10 +0000[diff] [blame]164 <li> <a href="http://bugs.lineo.com/db/pa/lbusybox.html">BusyBoxBugs</a>.
Eric Andersenbdcc6fb2000-09-26 06:15:12 +0000[diff] [blame]165 Need to report a bug? Need to check if a bug has been filed?
Eric Andersenaec27bc2000-07-11 18:18:40 +0000[diff] [blame]166 <li> If you need more help, the BusyBox
167 <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/lists/busybox/">mailing list</a> is
168 a good place to start.
Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]169</ul>
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185 <li> <A HREF="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/">
186 Free Software from Bruce Perens</A><br>
187 The original idea for BusyBox, and all versions up to 0.26 were written
188 by <A HREF="mailto:bruce@perens.com">Bruce Perens</a>. This is his BusyBox website.
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191 <li> <A HREF="http://freshmeat.net/appindex/1999/04/11/923859921.html">
192 Freshmeat AppIndex record for BusyBox</A>
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194
Eric Andersen766c0122000-06-21 22:43:07 +0000[diff] [blame]195 <li> <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/software.html">Other cool embedded software</a>.
196 <p>
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198 <li> <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/">opensource.lineo.com</a>.
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200
Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]201 <li> <A HREF="http://www.lineo.com/">Lineo</A> is sponsoring BusyBox development.
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216<p> I know of the following products and/or projects that use BusyBox --
217listed in the order I happen to add them to the web page:
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220 <li> <a href="http://www.lineo.com/products/embedix_linux/">Lineo Embedix Linux</a>
221 <li> <a href="http://cvs.debian.org/boot-floppies/">Debian installer (boot floppies) project</a>
222 <li> <a href="http://www.linuxrouter.org/">Linux Router Project </a>
223 <li> <a href="http://linux-embedded.org/">LEM</a>
224 <li> <a href="http://www.toms.net/rb/">tomsrtbt</a>
225 <li> <a href="http://www.stormix.com/">Stormix Installer</a>
226 <li> <a href="http://www.emacinc.com/linux2_sbc.htm">EMAC Linux 2.0 SBC</a>
227 <li> <a href="http://www.trinux.org/">Trinux</a>
228 <li> <a href="http://oddas.sourceforge.net/">ODDAS project</a>
229 <li> <a href="http://www.kerbango.com/">The Kerbango Internet Radio</a>
230 <li> <a href="http://www.linuxmagic.com/vpn/">LinuxMagic VPN Firewall</a>
231 <li> <a href="http://byld.sourceforge.net/">Build Your Linux Disk</a>
232 <li> <a href="http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ichi/baslinux.html">BasicLinux</a>
233 <li> <a href="http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/recovery">Zdisk</a>
234 <li> <a href="http://www.adtran.com">AdTran - VPN/firewall VPN Linux Distribution</a>
Eric Andersen1b622ff2000-12-14 15:43:57 +0000[diff] [blame]235 <li> <a href="http://mkcdrec.ota.be/">mkCDrec - make CD-ROM recovery</a>
Mark Whitley0bc20ca2001-01-25 23:00:12 +0000[diff] [blame]236 <li> <a href="http://recycle.lbl.gov/~ldoolitt/bse/">Linux on nanoEngine</a>
Eric Andersen1b622ff2000-12-14 15:43:57 +0000[diff] [blame]237</ul>
238
239<p> Do you use BusyBox? I'd love to know about it and I'd be happy to link to
240you.
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