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BusyBox


Installation

Some distributions will offer a busybox package.

BusyBox is meant as a lightweight alternative to the set of POSIX utilities, such as the shell. Generally, prefer the set of utilities that a distribution ships with.


Usage

While BusyBox is a single binary, every individual utility is provided as a symlink to that binary. The correct behavior is dispatched based on the command name ($0).

BusyBox often implements a minimal subset of features. For notes on portable use of the affected utilities, see:


See also

busybox(1)


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BusyBox (last edited 2023-06-29 16:42:46 by DominicRicottone)