X-Git-Url: https://git.librecmc.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=c7165dec253f932add713d82d4d2c21cda70e3fb;hb=d05981eaf18655f30a1b8cc1cd2c3984436ac227;hp=9f09110ce5ffacc5ee4ed97336e3fd8b5dfaf6f1;hpb=ff9f2f6fbae538d27197e7e357da187031ef33df;p=oweals%2Fbusybox.git diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 9f09110ce..c7165dec2 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -58,14 +58,19 @@ Installing busybox consists of creating symlinks (or hardlinks) to the busybox binary for each applet enabled in busybox, and making sure these symlinks are in the shell's command $PATH. Running "make install" creates these symlinks, or "make install-hardlinks" creates hardlinks instead (useful on systems with -a limited number of inodes). This install process ues the file +a limited number of inodes). This install process uses the file "busybox.links" (created by make), which contains the list of enabled applets and the path at which to install them. -The special applet name "busybox" (or with any optional suffix, such as -"busybox-static") uses the first argument to determine which applet to behave -as (for example, "./busybox cat LICENSE"). (Running the busybox applet with -no arguments gives a list of all enabled applets.) +Installing links to busybox is not always necessary. The special applet name +"busybox" (or with any optional suffix, such as "busybox-static") uses the +first argument to determine which applet to behave as, for example +"./busybox cat LICENSE". (Running the busybox applet with no arguments gives +a list of all enabled applets.) The standalone shell can also call busybox +applets without links to busybox under other names in the filesystem. You can +also configure a standaone install capability into the busybox base applet, +and then install such links at runtime with one of "busybox --install" (for +hardlinks) or "busybox --install -s" (for symlinks). Building out-of-tree: =====================