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Eric Andersencc8ed391999-10-05 16:24:54 +00001Please see the LICENSE file for copyright information.
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Eric Andersended62591999-11-18 00:19:26 +00003BusyBox is a suite of "tiny" Unix utilities in a multi-call binary. It
4provides a pretty complete POSIX environment in a very small package.
5Just add a kernel, "ash" (Keith Almquists tiny Bourne shell clone), and
6an editor such as "elvis-tiny" or "ae", and you have a working system.
7Busybox was begun to support the Debian Rescue/Install disks, but it
8also makes an excellent environment for any small or embedded system.
Eric Andersencc8ed391999-10-05 16:24:54 +00009
Eric Andersended62591999-11-18 00:19:26 +000010As of version 0.20 there is a version number. : ) Also as of version
110.20, BB is now modularized to easily allow you to build of only the
12BB parts you need, thereby reducing binary size. To turn off unwanted
13Busybox components, simply edit the file busybox.def.h and comment out
14the parts you do not need using C++ style (//) comments.
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Eric Andersended62591999-11-18 00:19:26 +000016After the build is complete a busybox.links file is generated which is
17then used by 'make install' to create symlinks to the busybox binary
18for all compiled in functions. By default, 'make install' will place
19the symlink forest into `pwd`/busybox_install unless you have defined
20the PREFIX environment variable.
Eric Andersencc8ed391999-10-05 16:24:54 +000021
Eric Andersended62591999-11-18 00:19:26 +000022Please feed suggestions, bug reports, insults, and bribes back to:
23 Erik Andersen
24 <andersen@lineo.com>
25 <andersee@deban.org>
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