busybox-w32/coreutils, branch fix_backslash

ls: allow backslashes to be replaced in displayed paths

2020-08-19T09:00:27+00:00

Normally 'ls' displays paths exactly as the user enters them: $ ls .//file .//file In busybox-w32 paths using backslash as a separator are displayed in a form that can't be reused as input to the shell: $ ls .\\file .\file Allow backslashes to be replaced with forward slashes if the environment variable BB_FIX_BACKSLASH is set to 1. See GitHub issue #196.

build system: reinstate PLATFORM_LINUX

2020-08-03T09:02:58+00:00

Removing 'select PLATFORM_LINUX' from ps and stat has no material effect: it just causes match_fstype.o to be built needlessly. Remove this difference from upstream.

win32: code shrink kill(2)

2020-07-25T11:48:13+00:00

- Drop exit_code argument from kill_SIGTERM_by_handle() - Pass signal number rather than exit code to other functions - Merge kill_SIGKILL() and kill_SIGTEST() Saves 112 bytes.

Merge branch 'busybox' into merge

2020-07-09T12:10:58+00:00

ls: treat hidden files as if their names begin with a dot

2020-07-09T07:52:24+00:00

On Unix 'ls' treats filenames starting with a dot as hidden and only displays them if the '-a' or '-A' option is given. Extend similar treatment to files with the Windows hidden flag.

unexpand: correct behavior for --first-only --tabs=4

2020-06-09T13:40:49+00:00

Prior to the patch, both -f and --first-only are in all cases either no-op or ignored. Without --tabs, --first-only is the default so specifying it is a no-op. With --tabs, --all is implied, and --first-only is intended to reset this. function old new delta expand_main 690 694 +4 Signed-off-by: Mark Edgar Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko

printf: emit more contiguous text to improve escape sequences

2020-06-04T19:28:45+00:00

Users have a reasonable expectation that printf should be able to construct ANSI escape sequences and have them take effect. This expectation isn't met because printf tends to output one character at a time whereas busybox-w32 needs escape sequences to be output contiguously Force printf to output contiguous text in two cases: - literal text in the format string - string arguments output using the '%b' format specifier (See GitHub issue #189.)

dd: fix handling of 'conv=notrunc seek=N'

2020-05-20T14:52:42+00:00

Commit e6680912a (dd: create a sparse file when seek=N is used) broke the use of 'conv=notrunc seek=N' to modify existing files. Rename seek_sparse() to make_sparse() and: - add an argument to specify the start of the sparse region; - call make_sparse() before ftruncate(); - call make_sparse() only if: * we can determine the size of the file; * the file is not open in append mode; * the file is being extended. This should fix GitHub issue #186.

timeout: fix utter brokenness

2020-03-29T08:30:21+00:00

The merge from upstream (commit d89ced75b, 2018-09-10) completely broke timeout. Apply a belated fix.

dd: create a sparse file when seek=N is used

2020-03-24T16:43:46+00:00

When the seek=N argument is used mark the file as sparse and set the range that is sparse. See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4011508/how-to-create-a-sparse-file-on-ntfs