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diff --git a/docs/busybox.pod b/docs/busybox.pod index 0ef66e7c0..6e5a73d43 100644 --- a/docs/busybox.pod +++ b/docs/busybox.pod @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ you usually find in fileutils, shellutils, findutils, textutils, grep, gzip, tar, etc. BusyBox provides a fairly complete POSIX environment for any small or embedded system. 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. +the expected functionality and behave very 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 @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ For example, entering ./ls will cause BusyBox to behave as 'ls' (if the 'ls' command has been compiled -into BusyBox). +into BusyBox). You can also invoke BusyBox by issuing the command as an argument on the command line. For example, entering @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Usage: basename FILE [SUFFIX] Strips directory path and suffixes from FILE. If specified, also removes any trailing SUFFIX. -Example: +Example: $ basename /usr/local/bin/foo foo @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ OPERATOR may be chosen from + Add a permission - Remove a permission = Assign a permission - + PERMISSION may be chosen from r Read @@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ An optional fourth digit can also be used to specify Options: -R Change files and directories recursively. - + Example: $ ls -l /tmp/foo @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ Example: Usage: chroot NEWROOT [COMMAND...] Run COMMAND with root directory set to NEWROOT. - + Example: $ ls -l /bin/ls @@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ Copy a file, converting and formatting according to options seek=n skip n output blocks Numbers may be suffixed by w (x2), k (x1024), b (x512), or M (x1024^2) - + Example: $ dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ram1 bs=1M count=4 @@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ Example: =item dmesg Usage: dmesg [B<-c>] [B<-n> level] [B<-s> bufsize] - + Print or controls the kernel ring buffer. ------------------------------- @@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ Example: 12 ./docs/CVS 104 ./docs 2417 . - + ------------------------------- =item dutmp @@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ Example: 6|245|tty1|1|LOGIN||0|0|0|955637630|998974|0 6|246|tty2|2|LOGIN||0|0|0|955637630|999498|0 7|336|pts/0|vt00andersen|andersen|:0.0|0|0|0|955637763|0|0 - + ------------------------------- =item echo @@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ Example: cool $ echo "Erik\nis\ncool" Erik\nis\ncool - + ------------------------------- =item false @@ -914,12 +914,12 @@ Example: Usage: ln [OPTION] TARGET... LINK_NAME|DIRECTORY Create a link named LINK_NAME or DIRECTORY to the specified TARGET - + Options: -s make symbolic links instead of hard links -f remove existing destination files - + Example: $ ln -s BusyBox /tmp/ls @@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ Example: 214 NOOP QUIT RSET HELP quit 221 foobar closing connection - + ------------------------------- =item more @@ -2048,4 +2048,4 @@ Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es> =cut -# $Id: busybox.pod,v 1.48 2000/06/21 21:04:01 andersen Exp $ +# $Id: busybox.pod,v 1.49 2000/06/21 21:38:00 proski Exp $ |