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authorRob Landley <rob@landley.net>2008-01-19 17:49:51 -0600
committerRob Landley <rob@landley.net>2008-01-19 17:49:51 -0600
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All the files in this directory except this README are generated by the
-build. Some of them may require python on the host system, and are thus
-shipped in the build tarball so python isn't a build requirement.
+build. (See scripts/make.sh)
+
+config.h: CFG_COMMAND and USE_COMMAND() macros set by menuconfig via .config.
+
+Config.in: Kconfig entries for each command. Included by top level Config.in.
+ The help text in here is used to generated help.h
+
+help.h: Help text strings for use by "help" command. Building this file
+ requires python on the host system, so the prebuilt file is shipped
+ in the build tarball to avoid requiring python to build toybox.
+
+newtoys.h: List of NEWTOY() or OLDTOY() macros for all available commands.
+ Associates command_main() functions with command names, provides
+ option string for command line parsing (see lib/args.c), specifies
+ where to install each command and whether toysh should fork before
+ calling it.