[BusyBox-cvs] busybox/docs busybox_header.pod,1.15,1.16

Erik Andersen andersen at busybox.net
Tue Apr 6 15:39:22 UTC 2004


Update of /var/cvs/busybox/docs
In directory nail:/tmp/cvs-serv19182/docs

Modified Files:
	busybox_header.pod 
Log Message:
Yet more doc updates


Index: busybox_header.pod
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RCS file: /var/cvs/busybox/docs/busybox_header.pod,v
retrieving revision 1.15
retrieving revision 1.16
diff -u -d -r1.15 -r1.16
--- a/busybox_header.pod	27 Mar 2004 11:35:46 -0000	1.15
+++ b/busybox_header.pod	6 Apr 2004 15:39:20 -0000	1.16
@@ -17,17 +17,18 @@
 you usually find in GNU coreutils, util-linux, etc. The utilities in BusyBox
 generally have fewer options than their full-featured GNU cousins; however, the
 options that are included provide the expected functionality and behave very
-much like their GNU counterparts. BusyBox provides a fairly complete POSIX
-environment for any small or embedded system.
+much like their GNU counterparts.
 
 BusyBox has been written with size-optimization and limited resources in mind.
 It is also extremely modular so you can easily include or exclude commands (or
 features) at compile time. This makes it easy to customize your embedded
 systems. To create a working system, just add /dev, /etc, and a Linux kernel.
+BusyBox provides a fairly complete POSIX environment for any small or embedded
+system.
 
 BusyBox is extremely configurable.  This allows you to include only the
 components you need, thereby reducing binary size. Run 'make config' or 'make
-menuconfig' for select the functionality that you wish to enable.  The run
+menuconfig' to select the functionality that you wish to enable.  The run
 'make' to compile BusyBox using your configuration.
 
 After the compile has finished, you should use 'make install' to install
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@
 number of utilities.  This allows BusyBox to be smaller since all the built-in
 utility programs (we call them applets) can share code for many common operations.
 
-You can also invoke BusyBox by issuing the command as an argument on the
+You can also invoke BusyBox by issuing a command as an argument on the
 command line.  For example, entering
 
 	/bin/busybox ls
@@ -81,27 +82,27 @@
 Currently defined functions include:
 
 	addgroup, adduser, adjtimex, ar, arping, ash, awk, basename, bunzip2,
-	busybox, bzcat, cal, cat, chgrp, chmod, chown, chroot, chvt, clear,
-	cmp, cp, cpio, crond, crontab, cut, date, dc, dd, deallocvt, delgroup,
-	deluser, df, dirname, dmesg, dos2unix, dpkg, dpkg-deb, du, dumpkmap,
-	dumpleases, dutmp, echo, egrep, env, expr, false, fbset, fdflush,
-	fdformat, fgrep, find, fold, free, freeramdisk, fsck.minix, ftpget,
-	ftpput, getopt, getty, grep, gunzip, gzip, halt, hdparm, head, hexdump,
-	hostid, hostname, httpd, hush, hwclock, id, ifconfig, ifdown, ifup,
-	inetd, init, insmod, ip, ipcalc, iplink, iproute, iptunnel, kill,
-	killall, klogd, lash, length, linuxrc, ln, loadfont, loadkmap, logger,
-	login, logname, logread, losetup, ls, lsmod, makedevs, md5sum, mesg,
-	minit, mkdir, mkfifo, mkfs.minix, mknod, mkswap, mktemp, modprobe,
-	more, mount, msh, msvc, mt, mv, nameif, nc, netstat, nslookup, od,
-	openvt, passwd, patch, pidfilehack, pidof, ping, ping6, pivot_root,
-	poweroff, printf, ps, pwd, rdate, readlink, realpath, reboot, renice,
-	reset, rm, rmdir, rmmod, route, rpm, rpm2cpio, run-parts, sed,
-	setkeycodes, sha1sum, sleep, sort, start-stop-daemon, strings, stty,
-	su, sulogin, swapoff, swapon, sync, syslogd, tail, tar, tee, telnet,
-	telnetd, test, tftp, time, top, touch, tr, traceroute, true, tty,
-	udhcpc, udhcpd, umount, uname, uncompress, uniq, unix2dos, unzip,
-	uptime, usleep, uudecode, uuencode, vconfig, vi, vlock, watch,
-	watchdog, wc, wget, which, who, whoami, xargs, yes, zcat, [
+	busybox, bzcat, cal, cat, chgrp, chmod, chown, chroot, chvt, clear, cmp,
+	cp, cpio, crond, crontab, cut, date, dc, dd, deallocvt, delgroup, deluser,
+	devfsd, df, dirname, dmesg, dos2unix, dpkg, dpkg-deb, du, dumpkmap,
+	dumpleases, echo, egrep, env, expr, false, fbset, fdflush, fdformat, fdisk,
+	fgrep, find, fold, free, freeramdisk, fsck.minix, ftpget, ftpput, getopt,
+	getty, grep, gunzip, gzip, halt, hdparm, head, hexdump, hostid, hostname,
+	httpd, hush, hwclock, id, ifconfig, ifdown, ifup, inetd, init, insmod,
+	install, ip, ipcalc, iplink, iproute, iptunnel, kill, killall, klogd, lash,
+	last, length, linuxrc, ln, loadfont, loadkmap, logger, login, logname,
+	logread, losetup, ls, lsmod, makedevs, md5sum, mesg, mkdir, mkfifo,
+	mkfs.minix, mknod, mkswap, mktemp, modprobe, more, mount, msh, mt, mv,
+	nameif, nc, netstat, nslookup, od, openvt, passwd, patch, pidof, ping,
+	ping6, pipe_progress, pivot_root, poweroff, printf, ps, pwd, rdate,
+	readlink, realpath, reboot, renice, reset, rm, rmdir, rmmod, route, rpm,
+	rpm2cpio, run-parts, rx, sed, seq, setkeycodes, sha1sum, sleep, sort,
+	start-stop-daemon, strings, stty, su, sulogin, swapoff, swapon, sync,
+	sysctl, syslogd, tail, tar, tee, telnet, telnetd, test, tftp, time, top,
+	touch, tr, traceroute, true, tty, udhcpc, udhcpd, umount, uname,
+	uncompress, uniq, unix2dos, unzip, uptime, usleep, uudecode, uuencode,
+	vconfig, vi, vlock, watch, watchdog, wc, wget, which, who, whoami, xargs,
+	yes, zcat
 
 =head1 LIBC NSS
 
@@ -110,8 +111,8 @@
 system data, such as passwords and group information.  This is implemented
 using an /etc/nsswitch.conf configuration file, and using one or more of the
 /lib/libnss_* libraries.  BusyBox tries to avoid using any libc calls that make
-use of NSS.  Some applets, such as login and su, will use libc functions that
-usually require NSS.
+use of NSS.  Some applets however, such as login and su, will use libc functions
+that require NSS.
 
 If you enable CONFIG_USE_BB_PWD_GRP, BusyBox will use internal functions to
 directly access the /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and /etc/shadow files without
@@ -122,9 +123,9 @@
 that you install at least some of the glibc NSS stuff (in particular,
 /etc/nsswitch.conf, /lib/libnss_dns*, /lib/libnss_files*, and /lib/libresolv*).
 
-Shameless Plug: As an alternative one could use a C library such as uClibc.  In
-addition to making your system significantly smaller, uClibc does not need or
-use any NSS support files or libraries.
+Shameless Plug: As an alternative, one could use a C library such as uClibc.  In
+addition to making your system significantly smaller, uClibc does not require the
+use of any NSS support files or libraries.
 
 =over 4
 




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