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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,
Eric Andersen8ec10a92001-01-27 09:33:39 +0000[diff] [blame^]41tar, etc. BusyBox provides a fairly complete POSIX environment for any small or
42embedded system. The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than
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
Eric Andersen8ec10a92001-01-27 09:33:39 +0000[diff] [blame^]48features) at compile time. This makes it easy to customize your embedded
49systems. To create a working system, just add /dev, a kernel, and an editor,
50such as nano, e3, or elvis-tiny. For a really minimal system, you can even use
51the busybox shell (not Bourne compatible, 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 Andersen8ec10a92001-01-27 09:33:39 +0000[diff] [blame^]63<H3>Mailing List Information</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 Andersen8ec10a92001-01-27 09:33:39 +0000[diff] [blame^]80 <p> <li> <b>27 January 2001 -- BusyBox 0.49 released</b>
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83 Several new applets, lots of bug fixes, cleanups, and many smaller
84 things made nicer. Several cleanups and improvements to the shell.
85 For a list of the most interesting changes
86 you might want to look at the <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a>.
87 <p>
88 Special thanks go out to Matt Kraai and Larry Doolittle for all their
89 work on this release, and for keeping on top of things while I've been
90 out of town.
91 <p>
92 <em>Special Note</em><br>
93
94 BusyBox 0.49 was supposed to have replaced lash, the BusyBox
95 shell, with a new shell that understands full Bourne shell/Posix shell grammer.
96 Well, that simply didn't happen in time for this release. A new
97 shell that will eventually replace lash is already under
98 construction. This new shell is being developed by Larry
99 Doolittle, and could use all of our help. Please see the work in
100 progress on <a href="http://doolittle.faludi.com/~larry/parser.html">Larry's website</a>
101 and help out if you can. This shell will be included in the next
102 release of BusyBox.
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Eric Andersen43622002000-12-13 18:30:13 +0000[diff] [blame]104 <p> <li> <b>13 December 2000 -- BusyBox 0.48 released</b>
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107 This release fixes lots and lots of bugs. This has had some very
108 rigorous testing, and looks very, very clean. The usual tar
109 update of course: tar no longer breaks hardlinks, tar -xzf is
110 optionally supported, and the LRP folks will be pleased to know
111 that 'tar -X' and 'tar --exclude' are both now in. Applets are
Matt Kraaie3a94f72000-12-13 19:50:48 +0000[diff] [blame]112 now looked up using a binary search making lash (the busybox
Eric Andersen43622002000-12-13 18:30:13 +0000[diff] [blame]113 shell) much faster. For the new debian-installer (for Debian
114 woody) a .udeb can now be generated.
115 <p>
Matt Kraaie3a94f72000-12-13 19:50:48 +0000[diff] [blame]116 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]117 the <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a>.
118 <p>
119 Many thanks go out to the many many people that have contributed to
120 this release, especially Matt Kraai, Larry Doolittle, and Kent Robotti.
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Eric Andersen766c0122000-06-21 22:43:07 +0000[diff] [blame]123 <p> <li> <b>Old News</b>
Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]124 <br>
Eric Andersen766c0122000-06-21 22:43:07 +0000[diff] [blame]125 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]126</ul>
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Mark Whitley8ba1b112001-01-25 23:29:58 +0000[diff] [blame]138
139 <li> Source for the latest release can always be downloaded from
Eric Andersenbdcc6fb2000-09-26 06:15:12 +0000[diff] [blame]140 <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox">ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox</a>.
Mark Whitley8ba1b112001-01-25 23:29:58 +0000[diff] [blame]141
142 <li> A new snapshot of the source is made daily and is available as a GNU
143 gzipped tarball <a href="busybox.tar.gz"> right here</a>.
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145 <li> BusyBox now has its own publically browsable
Eric Andersen4a971ae2000-06-22 01:27:11 +0000[diff] [blame]146 <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb/busybox/">CVS tree</a>,
147 anonymous
148 <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/cvs_anon.html">CVS access</a>, and
149 for those that are actively contributing there is even
150 <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/cvs_write.html">CVS write access</a>.
Mark Whitley8ba1b112001-01-25 23:29:58 +0000[diff] [blame]151
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163Current documentation for BusyBox includes:
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Eric Andersenbdcc6fb2000-09-26 06:15:12 +0000[diff] [blame]165 <li> <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/BusyBox.html">BusyBox.html</a>.
166 This is a list of the all the available commands in BusyBox with
167 complete usage information and examples of how to use each app. I
168 have spent a <em>lot</em> of time updating these docs and trying to
169 make them fairly comprehensive. If you find any errors (factual,
170 grammatical, whatever) please let me know.
171 <li> <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/BusyBox.pdf">BusyBox.pdf</a>.
172 This is basically the same document, but in pdf format.
Eric Andersen43622002000-12-13 18:30:13 +0000[diff] [blame]173 <li> <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/README">README</a>.
174 This is the README file included in the busybox source release.
Eric Andersen3312b0b2000-07-07 19:23:10 +0000[diff] [blame]175 <li> <a href="http://bugs.lineo.com/db/pa/lbusybox.html">BusyBoxBugs</a>.
Eric Andersenbdcc6fb2000-09-26 06:15:12 +0000[diff] [blame]176 Need to report a bug? Need to check if a bug has been filed?
Eric Andersenaec27bc2000-07-11 18:18:40 +0000[diff] [blame]177 <li> If you need more help, the BusyBox
178 <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/lists/busybox/">mailing list</a> is
179 a good place to start.
Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]180</ul>
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196 <li> <A HREF="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/">
197 Free Software from Bruce Perens</A><br>
198 The original idea for BusyBox, and all versions up to 0.26 were written
199 by <A HREF="mailto:bruce@perens.com">Bruce Perens</a>. This is his BusyBox website.
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201
202 <li> <A HREF="http://freshmeat.net/appindex/1999/04/11/923859921.html">
203 Freshmeat AppIndex record for BusyBox</A>
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205
Eric Andersen766c0122000-06-21 22:43:07 +0000[diff] [blame]206 <li> <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/software.html">Other cool embedded software</a>.
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209 <li> <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/">opensource.lineo.com</a>.
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211
Erik Andersen330fd2b2000-05-19 05:35:19 +0000[diff] [blame]212 <li> <A HREF="http://www.lineo.com/">Lineo</A> is sponsoring BusyBox development.
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227<p> I know of the following products and/or projects that use BusyBox --
228listed in the order I happen to add them to the web page:
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231 <li> <a href="http://www.lineo.com/products/embedix_linux/">Lineo Embedix Linux</a>
232 <li> <a href="http://cvs.debian.org/boot-floppies/">Debian installer (boot floppies) project</a>
233 <li> <a href="http://www.linuxrouter.org/">Linux Router Project </a>
234 <li> <a href="http://linux-embedded.org/">LEM</a>
235 <li> <a href="http://www.toms.net/rb/">tomsrtbt</a>
236 <li> <a href="http://www.stormix.com/">Stormix Installer</a>
237 <li> <a href="http://www.emacinc.com/linux2_sbc.htm">EMAC Linux 2.0 SBC</a>
238 <li> <a href="http://www.trinux.org/">Trinux</a>
239 <li> <a href="http://oddas.sourceforge.net/">ODDAS project</a>
240 <li> <a href="http://www.kerbango.com/">The Kerbango Internet Radio</a>
241 <li> <a href="http://www.linuxmagic.com/vpn/">LinuxMagic VPN Firewall</a>
242 <li> <a href="http://byld.sourceforge.net/">Build Your Linux Disk</a>
243 <li> <a href="http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ichi/baslinux.html">BasicLinux</a>
244 <li> <a href="http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/recovery">Zdisk</a>
245 <li> <a href="http://www.adtran.com">AdTran - VPN/firewall VPN Linux Distribution</a>
Eric Andersen1b622ff2000-12-14 15:43:57 +0000[diff] [blame]246 <li> <a href="http://mkcdrec.ota.be/">mkCDrec - make CD-ROM recovery</a>
Mark Whitley0bc20ca2001-01-25 23:00:12 +0000[diff] [blame]247 <li> <a href="http://recycle.lbl.gov/~ldoolitt/bse/">Linux on nanoEngine</a>
Eric Andersen1b622ff2000-12-14 15:43:57 +0000[diff] [blame]248</ul>
249
250<p> Do you use BusyBox? I'd love to know about it and I'd be happy to link to
251you.
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