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