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authorBernhard Reutner-Fischer <rep.dot.nop@gmail.com>2006-12-10 13:40:16 +0000
committerBernhard Reutner-Fischer <rep.dot.nop@gmail.com>2006-12-10 13:40:16 +0000
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to determine which applet to run, as shown above.
</p>
<p>
- BusyBox also has a feature called the "standalone shell", where the busybox
+ BusyBox also has a feature called the
+ <a name="standalone_shell">"standalone shell"</a>, where the busybox
shell runs any built-in applets before checking the command path. This
feature is also enabled by "make allyesconfig", and to try it out run
the command line "PATH= ./busybox ash". This will blank your command path
@@ -96,7 +97,15 @@ have additions to this FAQ document, we would love to add them,
(So if you set it to /proc/self/exe, and happen to be able to chroot into
your rootfs, you must mount /proc beforehand.)
</p>
-
+<p>
+ A typical indication that you set CONFIG_BUSYBOX_EXEC_PATH to proc but
+ forgot to mount proc is:
+<pre>
+$ /bin/echo $PATH
+/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11
+$ echo $PATH
+/bin/sh: echo: not found
+</pre>
<hr />
<p>
<h2><a name="configure">How do I configure busybox?</a></h2>