busybox-w32/miscutils, branch master

rpm: respect BB_SYSTEMROOT

2026-07-02T12:11:37+00:00

Update the 'rpm' applet so it also respects the BB_SYSTEMROOT environment variable. Replace chdir_system_drive() with xchdir_system_drive(), which exits on failure to change directory. Saves 32-36 bytes. (GitHub PR #603) Signed-off-by: Ron Yorston

crond: fix reboot special time

2026-05-19T07:34:49+00:00

The 'reboot' special time didn't work because the file to check for a reboot couldn't be created. And in any case, the mechanism used on Linux wouldn't work: Windows has no /var/run directory which is cleared on reboot. The crond.reboot file is now placed in the cron directory. If it doesn't exist when crond starts, it's created but the reboot job (if any) isn't run. If the file exists its modification time is compared with the time of the current boot. If it's older update its time and run the reboot job. Adds 144-224 bytes.

crond: drop '-S' option

2026-05-19T07:34:49+00:00

Since we don't use syslog on Windows there's no point in having an option to set it. Log to stderr by default instead. Saves 88-96 bytes.

crond,crontab: executable-relative cron directories

2026-05-19T07:34:49+00:00

Some users want a 'portable' busybox-w32 installation on removable media. To help with this, certain files can be positioned relative to the location of the executable. crond and crontab now look for var/spool/cron/crontabs relative to the binary, and use that as their working directory if it exists. If it doesn't, fall back to the hardcoded absolute path. The '-c' command line option can still be used to override the automatic choice. The '-c' option in crond now updates the cron directory variable as well as that for crontabs. Adds 128-144 bytes.

crond: build tweaks

2026-05-03T09:52:29+00:00

Using 'depends on FEATURE_SYSLOG' is unreliable because FEATURE_SYSLOG can't be set directly. A POSIX build with all applets that need syslog disabled *except* crond may fail. Revert to using 'select FEATURE_SYSLOG' in crond and exclude the unused syslog code on Windows. If crond is unable to run sendmail report this in the error message. Update all default Windows configurations. (GitHub PR #561)

Add crond and crontab (#561)

2026-05-03T08:53:07+00:00

* Enable crontab * Enable crond * Allow sendmail to be used in crond This also adds another option to the mingw_popen_fd function to capture stderr as well. And also added the options to support WNOHANG as well as an unused status in mingw_wait3 * Check current uid when running crond * Only show tail for mailto jobs * Use system drive for cron * crond: add missing feature check * crond: use spawn_detach for background operation

Merge branch 'busybox' into merge

2026-03-11T10:14:49+00:00

less: unbreak EAGAIN propagation

2026-02-27T11:25:28+00:00

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko

less: make read error reporting actually visible

2026-02-27T10:57:50+00:00

function old new delta m_status_print 252 275 +23 status_print 111 122 +11 read_lines 783 775 -8 .rodata 107141 107131 -10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 2/2 up/down: 34/-18) Total: 16 bytes Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko

less: improve O_NONBLOCK manipulations on stdin

2026-02-27T10:01:04+00:00

"less FILE" case needs it to be set just once. In other cases, manipulate it less often. function old new delta read_lines 702 783 +81 reinitialize 198 199 +1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 2/0 up/down: 82/0) Total: 82 bytes Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko