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@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ What is busybox: | |||
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6 | BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single | 6 | BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single |
7 | small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for most of the | 7 | small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for most of the |
8 | utilities you usually find in bzip2, coreutils, file, findutils, gawk, grep, | 8 | utilities you usually find in bzip2, coreutils, e2fsprogs, file, findutils, |
9 | inetutils, modutils, net-tools, procps, sed, shadow, sysklogd, sysvinit, tar, | 9 | gawk, grep, inetutils, less, modutils, net-tools, procps, sed, shadow, |
10 | util-linux, and vim. The utilities in BusyBox often have fewer options than | 10 | sysklogd, sysvinit, tar, util-linux, and vim. The utilities in BusyBox |
11 | their full-featured cousins; however, the options that are included provide | 11 | often have fewer options than their full-featured cousins; however, the |
12 | the expected functionality and behave very much like their larger | 12 | options that are included provide the expected functionality and behave |
13 | counterparts. | 13 | very much like their larger counterparts. |
14 | 14 | ||
15 | BusyBox has been written with size-optimization and limited resources in | 15 | BusyBox has been written with size-optimization and limited resources in |
16 | mind, both to produce small binaries and to reduce run-time memory usage. | 16 | mind, both to produce small binaries and to reduce run-time memory usage. |
@@ -50,9 +50,10 @@ Using busybox: | |||
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51 | The build automatically generates a file "busybox.links", which is used by | 51 | The build automatically generates a file "busybox.links", which is used by |
52 | 'make install' to create symlinks to the BusyBox binary for all compiled in | 52 | 'make install' to create symlinks to the BusyBox binary for all compiled in |
53 | commands. Use the PREFIX environment variable to specify where to install | 53 | commands. This uses the PREFIX environment variable to specify where to |
54 | the busybox binary and symlink forest. (i.e., 'make PREFIX=/tmp/foo install', | 54 | install, and installs hardlinks or symlinks depending on the configuration |
55 | or 'make PREFIX=/tmp/foo install-hardlinks' if you prefer hard links.) | 55 | preferences. (You can also manually run the install script at |
56 | "applets/install.sh"). | ||
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