-extern int create_path (const char *name, int mode);
-extern int parse_mode( const char* s, mode_t* theMode);
-
-extern int get_kernel_revision(void);
-
-extern int get_console_fd(char* tty_name);
-extern struct mntent *find_mount_point(const char *name, const char *table);
-extern void write_mtab(char* blockDevice, char* directory,
- char* filesystemType, long flags, char* string_flags);
-extern void erase_mtab(const char * name);
-extern void mtab_read(void);
-extern char *mtab_first(void **iter);
-extern char *mtab_next(void **iter);
-extern char *mtab_getinfo(const char *match, const char which);
-extern int check_wildcard_match(const char* text, const char* pattern);
-extern long atoi_w_units (const char *cp);
-extern pid_t* find_pid_by_name( char* pidName);
-extern int find_real_root_device_name(char* name);
-extern char *get_line_from_file(FILE *file);
-extern void print_file(FILE *file);
-extern int print_file_by_name(char *filename);
-extern char process_escape_sequence(char **ptr);
-extern char *get_last_path_component(char *path);
-extern FILE *wfopen(const char *path, const char *mode);
-extern FILE *xfopen(const char *path, const char *mode);
-extern void chomp(char *s);
-extern void trim(char *s);
-extern struct BB_applet *find_applet_by_name(const char *name);
-void run_applet_by_name(const char *name, int argc, char **argv);
-
-#ifndef DMALLOC
-extern void *xmalloc (size_t size);
-extern void *xrealloc(void *old, size_t size);
-extern void *xcalloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size);
-extern char *xstrdup (const char *s);
-#endif
-extern char *xstrndup (const char *s, int n);
-extern char * safe_strncpy(char *dst, const char *src, size_t size);
-
-struct suffix_mult {
- char *suffix;
- int mult;
-};
-
-extern unsigned long parse_number(const char *numstr,
- const struct suffix_mult *suffixes);
-
-
-/* These parse entries in /etc/passwd and /etc/group. This is desirable
- * for BusyBox since we want to avoid using the glibc NSS stuff, which
- * increases target size and is often not needed embedded systems. */
-extern long my_getpwnam(const char *name);
-extern long my_getgrnam(const char *name);
-extern void my_getpwuid(char *name, long uid);
-extern void my_getgrgid(char *group, long gid);
-extern long my_getpwnamegid(const char *name);
-
-extern int device_open(char *device, int mode);
-
-#if defined BB_FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP
-extern int del_loop(const char *device);
-extern int set_loop(const char *device, const char *file, int offset, int *loopro);
-extern char *find_unused_loop_device (void);
-#endif
-
-
-#if (__GLIBC__ < 2) && (defined BB_SYSLOGD || defined BB_INIT)
-extern int vdprintf(int d, const char *format, va_list ap);