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diff --git a/docs/busybox.pod b/docs/busybox.pod index e64cf8070..ac492ab15 100644 --- a/docs/busybox.pod +++ b/docs/busybox.pod @@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ reboot, rm, rmdir, rmmod, sed, setkeycodes, sh, sfdisk, sleep, sort, sync, syslogd, swapon, swapoff, tail, tar, test, tee, touch, tr, true, tty, umount, uname, uniq, update, uptime, usleep, wc, whoami, yes, zcat, [ +------------------------------- + =over 4 =item basename @@ -545,7 +547,7 @@ OPTIONS: -i ignore case distinctions -n print line number with output lines -q be quiet. Returns 0 if result was found, 1 otherwise - -v select non-matching lines + -v select non-matching lines This version of grep matches full regular expresions. @@ -799,6 +801,7 @@ Usage: length string Prints out the length of the specified string. Example: + $ length "Hello" 5 @@ -807,6 +810,7 @@ Example: =item ln Usage: ln [OPTION] TARGET... LINK_NAME|DIRECTORY + Create a link named LINK_NAME or DIRECTORY to the specified TARGET Options: @@ -817,7 +821,7 @@ Options: Example: $ ln -s BusyBox /tmp/ls - [andersen@debian BusyBox]$ ls -l /tmp/ls + $ ls -l /tmp/ls lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 12 18:39 ls -> BusyBox* ------------------------------- @@ -1061,7 +1065,7 @@ Creates a temporary file with its name based on TEMPLATE. TEMPLATE is any name with six `Xs' (i.e. /tmp/temp.XXXXXX). Example: - + $ mktemp /tmp/temp.XXXXXX /tmp/temp.mWiLjM $ ls -la /tmp/temp.mWiLjM @@ -1605,6 +1609,7 @@ Example: ------------------------------- =item tr + Usage: tr [-cds] STRING1 [STRING2] Translate, squeeze, and/or delete characters from @@ -1798,6 +1803,20 @@ it decompresses the file inquestion and send the output to stdout. =back +=head1 LIBC NSS + +GNU Libc uses the Name Service Switch (NSS) to configure the behavior of the C +library for the local environment, and to configure how it reads system data, +such as passwords and group information. BusyBox has made it Policy that it +will never use NSS, and will never use and libc calls that make use of NSS. +This allows you to run an embedded system without the need for installing an +/etc/nsswitch.conf file and without and /lib/libnss_* libraries installed. + +If you are using a system that is using a remote LDAP server for authentication +via GNU libc NSS, and you want to use BusyBox, then you will need to adjust the +BusyBox source. Chances are though, that if you have enough space to install +of that stuff on your system, then you probably want the full GNU utilities. + =head1 SEE ALSO textutils(1), shellutils(1), etc... @@ -1857,4 +1876,4 @@ Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es> =cut -# $Id: busybox.pod,v 1.26 2000/05/02 05:32:07 erik Exp $ +# $Id: busybox.pod,v 1.27 2000/05/02 06:40:02 erik Exp $ |