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+The following document includes a continuous description of the current
+commands, functions and utilities included in the busybox.
+
+John Cooper       
+johnc@lineo.com
+
+_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
+
+
+
+
+                    BusyBox 0.38, Functions and the Arguments they Support 
+
+
+
+
+______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+
+
+cat [file]        
+              	Display file contents to standard output.
+
+
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+
+_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+
+
+
+
+chmod [-R] Mode,[Mode] file
+
+              	Change file access permissions (mode) of one or more files.
+
+	-R    	Follows the directory tree from the current location thru all sub-directories,
+
+		applying changes.
+
+              	Mode =  u  User
+
+                        g  Group
+
+                        o  Other
+
+                        a  All
+
+	      	Permission =  	r  Read
+
+                            	w  Write
+
+                            	s  Set user (or group) ID
+
+                            	t  Sticky bit file cannot be removed by other
+
+                               	   than the owner.
+
+
+
+
+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
+
+
+
+
+
+chown [option] owner[group]file
+
+ 		Change owner and (or) group of file to owner and (or) group.	
+
+                Only the current owner or a priveleged user may change an owner.
+
+	-R 	Follows the directory tree from the current location thru all sub-directories, applying
+
+		changes.
+
+
+
+
+
+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+
+
+chgrp [option] newgroup file
+
+ 		Change group of file or files  to new group name or ID number located in /etc/group.
+
+                Only the current owner or a priveleged user may change the group name or ID 
+
+	-R  	Follows the directory tree from the current location thru all sub-directories,
+
+		applying changes.
+
+
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+
+
+
+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+
+
+
+
+chroot NEWROOT [Command...]                  (System Admin Command)
+
+		Run command with root directory set to NEWROOT.  Only the current owner or a priveleged	
+
+                user may use this command.
+
+
+
+
+
+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+
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+
+clear
+
+		Clear screen.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+
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+
+
+cp [option] fileA fileB
+
+	Copy fileA to fileB or fileA to directory maintaining fileA name.
+
+		-a	archive		Maintain file attributes whenever possible. Same as -dpR
+
+		-d	no dereference	Maintain hard link relationships between fileA and fileB.
+
+ 					No dereference of symbolic links.
+
+		-p	maintain file	Maintain all file attributes and information including owner 
+
+                        attributes      group permissions and time information.
+
+		-R      recursive	Copy to the current location and all subdirectories in the tree.
+
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+_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+
+date [option [+format] [date]
+
+date [option] [MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.SS]]
+
+	Display the current system date and time.
+
+		-R	RFC-822 string	Output an RFC-822 compliant date string.
+
+		-s	set DATE	Set date where date is entered in MMDDhhmm etc. format.
+
+		-u	universal	Print or set Coordinated Universal Time.
+
+
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+
+_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+
+dd [if=name] [of=name] [bs=n] [count=n]
+
+
+	Copy a file, converting and formatting according to options.  Most useful when copying from
+
+	physical input and output devices.
+
+		if=fileA  (instead of standard input)
+
+		of=fileB  (instead of standard output)
+
+		bs=n      Read and write N Bytes at a time.
+
+		count=n   Copy only n input blocks.
+
+	Bytes may be suffixed by k for x1024, b for x512 and w for x2.
+
+
+
+
+
+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+
+
+
+
+df
+
+
+	Display filesystem, number of blocks used, number of blocks available, number of blocks in use,
+
+        and mount point.
+        
+
+
+
+
+
+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
+
+
+
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+
+
+dmesg [-c] [-n level] [-s bufsize]            (System Admin Command)
+
+
+	Display system control messages.  Stored in the kernel ring buffer are all messages since the
+
+        last system boot, or the most recent if the buffer had been full.
+
+
+		-c		Clear buffer after printing messages.
+		
+		-n level 	Set the level of system message to be displayed on the console.
+
+		-s bufsize      Display the size of the kernel ring buffer.
+        
+
+
+
+
+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
+
+
+
+
+
+
+find [PATH] [EXPRESSION]
+
+	Search for files in the current directory, and all subdirectories for patterns that match
+
+	expression.  Expressions may consist of the following.
+
+		-follow		Dereference symbolic links.
+
+		-name PATTERN	Find files that match PATTERN. Metacharacters should be escaped or  
+
+				quoted.
+
+		-print		Print full file name, followed by a newline, to standard out.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+
+
+
+
+chvt N
+
+	Change foreground virtual terminal to /dev/ttyN.
+
+
+
+
+
+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
+
+
+
+
+
+deallocvt N
+
+	Deallocate unused virtual terminal /dev/ttyN.
+
+
+
+
+
+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
+
+
+
+
+
+fsck.minix [-larvsmf] /dev/name
+
+	Perform a consistency check for minix filesystems.
+
+		-l	List filenames.
+
+		-r	Perform interactive repairs. 
+
+		-q	Perform automatic repairs
+
+		-v	Verbose
+
+		-s	Output superblock information
+
+		-m	Activates minix-like "mode not cleared" warnings.
+
+		-f 	Force file system check.
+
+
+
+
+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
+
+
+
+
+
+mkfs.minix [-c | -l filename ] [-nXX] [-iXX] /dev/name [blocks]
+
+	Make a minix file system.
+
+		-c	Check device for bad blocks.
+
+		-n	[ 14|30 ] Specify max length of filenames.
+
+		-i	Specify number of inodes for filesystem.
+
+		-l filename
+
+			Read the bad blocks list from filename.
+
+		-v	Make a minix version 2 filesystem.
+
+
+
+
+
+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+
+
+
+
+grep [OPTIONS] PATTERN [FILE]
+
+	Search for PATTERN in each FILE or from standard input.
+
+		-h	Suppress prefixing filename on output.
+
+		-i	Ignore case distinctions.
+
+		-n	Print line number with output lines.
+
+
+
+
+
+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+
+
+
+
+init
+
+	The parent of all processes.  Only to be run by the kernel.
+
+
+
+
+
+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
+
+
+
+
+
+kill [ -s sigspec | -signum | -sigspec ] [pid | job ]  or
+
+kill -l [ exitstatus ]
+
+	Currently no information help page for this command
+
+
+
+
+
+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+
+
+
+
+ln [option] TARGET... LINK_NAME|DIRECTORY
+
+	Create a link named LINK_NAME or DIRECTORY to TARGET.
+
+		-s	Make symbolic links instead of hard links.
+
+		-f	Remove existing destination files.
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+
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+
+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+
+
+
+ls [ -1acdelnpuxACF ] [FILENAMES]
+
+	List contents of directories.
+
+		-1 	Single entry per column of output.
+
+		-a	All files including hidden files beginning with a ..	
+
+		-c	Files are listed by status change time.
+
+		-d	List directories, not there contents.
+
+		-e	(no information on this option)
+
+		-l	List in long format including permissions, owner, size
+
+			modification time etc.	
+
+		-n	Similar to -l, except use group ID and user ID instead
+
+			of owner and group names.
+
+		-p	Directories are marked with a /.
+
+		-u	Display files sorted by file access time.
+
+		-x	Display files across the screen in rows.
+
+		-A	Display hidden and all other files except . and ...
+
+		-C	(Default, display files in columns)
+
+		-F	Tag files by type by appending:
+
+				/ to directories
+	
+				* to executables
+
+				@ to symbolic links
+
+				| to fifo's
+
+				= to sockets
+
+
+
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+
+
+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+
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+
+mkdir [OPTION] directory
+
+	Create directories if they do not already exist.  You must have write permission to create
+
+	directories. Default mode can be modified by users umask.
+
+		-m	Used to set permission mode. (See chmod description)
+
+		-p	Make parent directories if they don't already exist.  Return error code if
+
+			they already exist.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+
+
+
+
+mknod   (Segmentation Fault when executing this command)	
+
+	(No embedix information available for this command.)
+
+
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+
+
+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+
+
+mkswap [-c] [ -v0|-v1 ] device [block-count]
+
+	Prepare a disk partition to be used as a swap partition.
+
+		-c	Check for read-ability.
+
+		-v0	Make version 0 swap [max 128 megs]
+
+		-v1	Make version 1 swap [big |] default for
+
+			kernels > 2.1.117.
+
+		block-count
+
+			Number of blocks to use. (Default is the entire 
+
+			partition).
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+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+
+more [file]
+
+	Display file one screen page at a time.
+
+
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+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+
+mount [flags]
+
+mount [flags] device directory [-o options, more options ]
+
+	Mount a filesystem for file access.
+
+		-a	Mount all file systems in fstab.
+
+		-o option
+
+			async/sync:  	Writes are asynchronous/synchronous.
+
+			dev/nodev:   	Allow use of special device files
+
+				     	/disallow them.
+
+			exec/noexec:	Allow use of executable files
+
+					/disallow them.
+
+			suid/nosuid:	Allow set-user-id-root programs
+
+					/disallow them.
+
+			remount:	Remount a currently-mounted filesystem
+
+					changing it's flags.
+
+			ro/rw:		Mount for read-only/read-write.
+
+			(There are more flags specific to each filesystem.
+
+			 See the written documentation for those.)
+
+		-r	Mount the filesystem read only.
+
+		-t FILESYSTEM TYPE
+
+			Specify the filesystem type.
+
+		-w	Mount for reading and writing default
+
+		
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+
+
+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+
+
+mv fileA fileB    or
+
+mv fileA dirA
+
+	Move fileA to fileB.  (Renames fileA to fileB)
+
+	Move fileA to dirA    (Moves fileA into dirA)
+
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+
+
+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+
+ps
+
+	Report process status.  No options are currently supported.
+
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+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+pwd
+
+	Print working directory  
+
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+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+
+reboot
+
+	Reboot system.  No options are currently supported.
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+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+rm [option] file
+
+	Remove or unlink the files.
+
+		-f	Remove existing destinations.  Never prompt.
+
+		-r or -R  Remove contents of directories recursively.
+
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+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+rmdir [OPTION] ... directory
+
+	Remove directories if they are empty.
+
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+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+sed
+
+	Sed scripts are subject to the following format: 's/regexp/replacement/[gp]' which attempts to
+
+	to match regexp against the pattern space and if successful, replaces the matched portion with
+
+	replacement -r or -R  Remove contents of directories recursively.
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+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+rmdir [OPTION] ... directory
+
+	Remove directories if they are empty.
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+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+rmdir [OPTION] ... directory
+
+	Remove directories if they are empty.
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+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+sed
+
+	Sed scripts are subject to the following format:  's/regexp/replacement/[gp]' which attempts to
+
+	match regexp against the pattern space and if successful, replaces the matched portion with 
+
+	replacement.  This version of sed matches
+
+        full regular expressions.
+
+		-e	Add the script to the commands to be executed.
+
+		-n 	Suppress automatic printing of pattern space..
+
+		-e	Add the script to the commands to be executed.
+
+		-n 	Suppress automatic printing of pattern space..
+
+		-e	Add the script to the commands to be executed.
+
+		-n 	Suppress automatic printing of pattern space.
+
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+	
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+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+sleep N
+
+	Pause for N seconds.
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+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+tar -[cxtvOf] [tarFileName] [file]
+
+	Create, extract or list files from a tar file.
+
+		c=create
+		
+		x=extract
+
+		t=list contents
+
+		v=verbose
+
+		O=extract to stdout
+
+		f=tarfile or "-" for standard input
+
+
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+
+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+swapon device
+
+	Start swapping virtual memory pages on the given device.
+
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+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+swapoff device
+
+	Stop swapping virtual memory pages on the given device.
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+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+sync
+
+	Write all buffered filesystem blocks to disk.
+
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+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+touch [-c] file [file...]
+
+	Update the last modified date on given file(s).
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+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+true
+
+	A null command that returns a successful 0 exit status code. (See false)
+
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+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+false
+
+	A null command that returns an unsuccessful or non-zero exit status.
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+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+
+uname [option]
+
+	Print certain system information.  With no option, same as -s.
+
+		-a	Display all information
+
+		-m	Display machine hardware type.
+
+		-n	Display machine network node hostname.
+
+		-r	Display OS release
+
+		-s	Display OS Name.
+
+		-p	Display Host processor type.
+
+		-v	Display OS Version.
+
+
+
+
+
+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+umount [flags] filesystem | directory
+
+	Unmounts designated filesystem previously mounted on device.
+
+		-a	Unmount all file systems.
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+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+
+update
+
+cvs update [options] files
+
+	Incorporates recent changes from the repository into files in your working directory.  No 
+
+	options are currently supported.
+
+
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+
+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+zcat [options] files
+
+	Uncompress file from gzip, gunzip or compress command or standard input if file is '-'.
+
+		-c	Write output to standard output.
+
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+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+
+gunzip  (Same as zcat)
+
+
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+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+gzip   (Same as zcat)
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+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+loadfont   
+
+	No information available with --help.
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+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+loadkmap
+
+	No information available with --help
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+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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+
+linuxrc
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+	No information available with --help
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+________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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