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| -rw-r--r-- | Makefile | 3 | ||||
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@@ -62,3 +62,6 @@ help:: @echo ' install - Install toybox into subdirectories of $$PREFIX.' @echo ' uninstall_flat - Remove toybox from $$PREFIX directory.' @echo ' uninstall - Remove toybox from subdirectories of $$PREFIX.' + @echo '' + @echo 'example: CFLAGS="--static" CROSS_COMPILE=armv5l- make defconfig toybox install' + @echo '' @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +Toybox: all-in-one Linux command line. + +--- Building Toybox + +Type "make help" for build instructions. + +Mostly you want: + + CFLAGS="--static" CROSS_COMPILE=armv5l- make defconfig toybox install + +Or "make menuconfig", which produces the same sort of .config file as the +Linux kernel. + +--- Using toybox + +The build produces a "swiss-army-knife" style multifunction binary, which acts +differently depending on the name it was called as (cp, mv, cat...), and +installs symlinks under each command name to populate $PATH. + +The "toybox" command itself uses its first argument as the command name to run +(ala "toybox ls -l"). With no arguments, it lists available commands. (This +allows you to use the commands even without the symlinks.) + +The "help" command provides information about each command (ala "help cat"). + +The toybox web page is at "http://landley.net/toybox". + +Have fun, + +Rob |