From c8e41157a2b6486397ded716846c6cd8c8edac8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rob Landley Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 21:22:37 +0000 Subject: Update readme and install.sh usage message. --- README | 19 ++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 4fbd631f6..27da49587 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ What is busybox: BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for most of the - utilities you usually find in bzip2, coreutils, file, findutils, gawk, grep, - inetutils, modutils, net-tools, procps, sed, shadow, sysklogd, sysvinit, tar, - util-linux, and vim. The utilities in BusyBox often have fewer options than - their full-featured cousins; however, the options that are included provide - the expected functionality and behave very much like their larger - counterparts. + utilities you usually find in bzip2, coreutils, e2fsprogs, file, findutils, + gawk, grep, inetutils, less, modutils, net-tools, procps, sed, shadow, + sysklogd, sysvinit, tar, util-linux, and vim. The utilities in BusyBox + often have fewer options than their full-featured cousins; however, the + options that are included provide the expected functionality and behave + very much like their larger counterparts. BusyBox has been written with size-optimization and limited resources in mind, both to produce small binaries and to reduce run-time memory usage. @@ -50,9 +50,10 @@ Using busybox: The build automatically generates a file "busybox.links", which is used by 'make install' to create symlinks to the BusyBox binary for all compiled in - commands. Use the PREFIX environment variable to specify where to install - the busybox binary and symlink forest. (i.e., 'make PREFIX=/tmp/foo install', - or 'make PREFIX=/tmp/foo install-hardlinks' if you prefer hard links.) + commands. This uses the PREFIX environment variable to specify where to + install, and installs hardlinks or symlinks depending on the configuration + preferences. (You can also manually run the install script at + "applets/install.sh"). ---------------- -- cgit v1.2.3