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@@ -58,14 +58,19 @@ Installing busybox consists of creating symlinks (or hardlinks) to the busybox | |||
58 | binary for each applet enabled in busybox, and making sure these symlinks are | 58 | binary for each applet enabled in busybox, and making sure these symlinks are |
59 | in the shell's command $PATH. Running "make install" creates these symlinks, | 59 | in the shell's command $PATH. Running "make install" creates these symlinks, |
60 | or "make install-hardlinks" creates hardlinks instead (useful on systems with | 60 | or "make install-hardlinks" creates hardlinks instead (useful on systems with |
61 | a limited number of inodes). This install process ues the file | 61 | a limited number of inodes). This install process uses the file |
62 | "busybox.links" (created by make), which contains the list of enabled applets | 62 | "busybox.links" (created by make), which contains the list of enabled applets |
63 | and the path at which to install them. | 63 | and the path at which to install them. |
64 | 64 | ||
65 | The special applet name "busybox" (or with any optional suffix, such as | 65 | Installing links to busybox is not always necessary. The special applet name |
66 | "busybox-static") uses the first argument to determine which applet to behave | 66 | "busybox" (or with any optional suffix, such as "busybox-static") uses the |
67 | as (for example, "./busybox cat LICENSE"). (Running the busybox applet with | 67 | first argument to determine which applet to behave as, for example |
68 | no arguments gives a list of all enabled applets.) | 68 | "./busybox cat LICENSE". (Running the busybox applet with no arguments gives |
69 | a list of all enabled applets.) The standalone shell can also call busybox | ||
70 | applets without links to busybox under other names in the filesystem. You can | ||
71 | also configure a standaone install capability into the busybox base applet, | ||
72 | and then install such links at runtime with one of "busybox --install" (for | ||
73 | hardlinks) or "busybox --install -s" (for symlinks). | ||
69 | 74 | ||
70 | Building out-of-tree: | 75 | Building out-of-tree: |
71 | ===================== | 76 | ===================== |