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| author | Bernhard Reutner-Fischer <rep.dot.nop@gmail.com> | 2008-08-21 13:22:44 +0000 |
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| committer | Bernhard Reutner-Fischer <rep.dot.nop@gmail.com> | 2008-08-21 13:22:44 +0000 |
| commit | f0d0811c05add45d385ba244c4c57a8908cdde98 (patch) | |
| tree | 48167df6a4788b5f10a4d08876b3b12b31dacb9c /docs/busybox_header.pod | |
| parent | b5d701d737cb68b5bb54dc279c3cebc0dc87600b (diff) | |
| download | busybox-f0d0811c05add45d385ba244c4c57a8908cdde98.tar.gz | |
- improve documentation a bit
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diff --git a/docs/busybox_header.pod b/docs/busybox_header.pod index 804b83970..9f2ffc48d 100644 --- a/docs/busybox_header.pod +++ b/docs/busybox_header.pod @@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ BusyBox - The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux =head1 SYNTAX - BusyBox <function> [arguments...] # or + busybox <applet> [arguments...] # or - <function> [arguments...] # if symlinked + <applet> [arguments...] # if symlinked =head1 DESCRIPTION @@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ BusyBox is a multi-call binary. A multi-call binary is an executable program that performs the same job as more than one utility program. That means there is just a single BusyBox binary, but that single binary acts like a large 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. +utility programs (we call them applets) can share code for many common +operations. You can also invoke BusyBox by issuing a command as an argument on the command line. For example, entering @@ -72,11 +73,11 @@ applets that have been compiled into your BusyBox binary. =head1 COMMON OPTIONS -Most BusyBox commands support the B<--help> argument to provide a terse runtime +Most BusyBox applets support the B<--help> argument to provide a terse runtime description of their behavior. If the CONFIG_FEATURE_VERBOSE_USAGE option has been enabled, more detailed usage information will also be available. =head1 COMMANDS -Currently defined functions include: +Currently available applets include: |