oweals/busybox.git
24 years agoWeb page update from Matt Kraai <kraai@alumni.carnegiemellon.edu>
Eric Andersen [Fri, 7 Jul 2000 19:23:10 +0000 (19:23 -0000)]
Web page update from Matt Kraai <kraai@alumni.carnegiemellon.edu>
 -Erik

24 years agoThis patch finishes the cleanup of all the commands. It also cleans up
Eric Andersen [Fri, 7 Jul 2000 19:07:47 +0000 (19:07 -0000)]
This patch finishes the cleanup of all the commands.  It also cleans up
the remaining chapters -- Matt Kraai <kraai@alumni.carnegiemellon.edu>
 -Erik

24 years agoYet another busybox documentation update from Matt Kraai <kraai@alumni.carnegiemellon...
Eric Andersen [Fri, 7 Jul 2000 05:04:24 +0000 (05:04 -0000)]
Yet another busybox documentation update from Matt Kraai <kraai@alumni.carnegiemellon.edu>
 -Erik

24 years agoUpdate 'make release' to remove all the .#filename files
Eric Andersen [Thu, 6 Jul 2000 23:17:16 +0000 (23:17 -0000)]
Update 'make release' to remove all the .#filename files
the CVS leaves lying about...
 -Erik

24 years agoTurned some stuff into features that really are features, not apps.
Eric Andersen [Thu, 6 Jul 2000 23:10:29 +0000 (23:10 -0000)]
Turned some stuff into features that really are features, not apps.
 -Erik

24 years agoFix doc building so the dependancies work properly.
Eric Andersen [Thu, 6 Jul 2000 22:53:22 +0000 (22:53 -0000)]
Fix doc building so the dependancies work properly.
 -Erik

24 years ago* Fixed tar creation support when reading from stdin ('tar -cf - . ')
Eric Andersen [Thu, 6 Jul 2000 22:51:35 +0000 (22:51 -0000)]
* Fixed tar creation support when reading from stdin ('tar -cf - . ')
    thanks to Daniel Quinlan <quinlan@transmeta.com>
 -Erik

24 years agoFixed backspace and delete so they work properly again -- broken
Eric Andersen [Thu, 6 Jul 2000 21:29:32 +0000 (21:29 -0000)]
Fixed backspace and delete so they work properly again -- broken
since 0.44.
 -Erik

24 years agoMore doc patches from Matt Kraai <kraai@alumni.carnegiemellon.edu>.
Eric Andersen [Thu, 6 Jul 2000 19:59:22 +0000 (19:59 -0000)]
More doc patches from Matt Kraai <kraai@alumni.carnegiemellon.edu>.
Thanks Matt!
 -Erik

24 years agoRemove leftovers of block_device, which disapperared around
Eric Andersen [Thu, 6 Jul 2000 19:46:22 +0000 (19:46 -0000)]
Remove leftovers of block_device, which disapperared around
busybox 0.28.
 -Erik

24 years agoChange order.
Eric Andersen [Thu, 6 Jul 2000 19:11:34 +0000 (19:11 -0000)]
Change order.
 -Erik

24 years agoAdded (fixed) the '-n' option to fbset. Renumbered the command parameters to
Eric Andersen [Thu, 6 Jul 2000 17:23:23 +0000 (17:23 -0000)]
Added (fixed) the '-n' option to fbset.  Renumbered the command parameters to
put a gap between the normal commands and the fancy commands. This makes it
cleaner to add normal commands.  Patch from Jon McClintock <jonm@bluemug.com>.
 -Erik

24 years agosetkeycodes needs get_console_fd(), so if you disable chvt and deallocvt, but
Eric Andersen [Thu, 6 Jul 2000 17:20:46 +0000 (17:20 -0000)]
setkeycodes needs get_console_fd(), so if you disable chvt and deallocvt, but
leave setkeycodes active, busybox will not link.  Also fix a trivial
use-before-initialize warning.  Both fixes from Jon McClintock
<jonm@bluemug.com>.

 -Erik

24 years agoRemove some warning with glibc.
Eric Andersen [Thu, 6 Jul 2000 17:08:38 +0000 (17:08 -0000)]
Remove some warning with glibc.
 -Erik

24 years agoComment on kill.c change.
Eric Andersen [Thu, 6 Jul 2000 17:06:08 +0000 (17:06 -0000)]
Comment on kill.c change.
 -Erik

24 years agoReorganized signal names for better architecture support -- patch
Eric Andersen [Thu, 6 Jul 2000 17:05:33 +0000 (17:05 -0000)]
Reorganized signal names for better architecture support -- patch
thanks to simon wood <simon@mungewell.uklinux.net>
 -Erik

24 years agoDocBook documentation update from Matt Kraai <kraai@alumni.carnegiemellon.edu>
Eric Andersen [Thu, 6 Jul 2000 16:58:45 +0000 (16:58 -0000)]
DocBook documentation update from Matt Kraai <kraai@alumni.carnegiemellon.edu>
 -Erik

24 years agoHad an extra tcsetpgrp.
Eric Andersen [Thu, 6 Jul 2000 16:56:56 +0000 (16:56 -0000)]
Had an extra tcsetpgrp.
 -Erik

24 years agoa few minor cleanups.
Eric Andersen [Thu, 6 Jul 2000 09:56:35 +0000 (09:56 -0000)]
a few minor cleanups.
 -Erik

24 years agoRemove MAXNAMLEN and use BUFSIZ instead.
Eric Andersen [Thu, 6 Jul 2000 01:57:20 +0000 (01:57 -0000)]
Remove MAXNAMLEN and use BUFSIZ instead.
 -Erik

24 years agoRemove misguided klude around for 2.4.x-test* brokenness. Al Viro
Eric Andersen [Wed, 5 Jul 2000 19:29:59 +0000 (19:29 -0000)]
Remove misguided klude around for 2.4.x-test* brokenness.  Al Viro
will be removing this stuff from /proc/mounts real soon now I am assured.
 -Erik

24 years ago* Fix to tr so it recognizes standard escape sequences. Merged common
Eric Andersen [Wed, 5 Jul 2000 17:26:35 +0000 (17:26 -0000)]
* Fix to tr so it recognizes standard escape sequences.  Merged common
    escape seq. code from tr and echo into utility.c.  Fix thanks to
    Matt Kraai <kraai@alumni.carnegiemellon.edu>.
* This should close Bug #1015.  Please test.
 -Erik

24 years agoPatch from Matt Kraai <kraai@alumni.carnegiemellon.edu> to
Eric Andersen [Wed, 5 Jul 2000 17:21:58 +0000 (17:21 -0000)]
Patch from Matt Kraai <kraai@alumni.carnegiemellon.edu> to
simplify ar.c and make it more readable.
 -Erik

24 years agoSome cosmetic updates. Changed "OPTIONS" to "Options".
Eric Andersen [Tue, 4 Jul 2000 22:17:01 +0000 (22:17 -0000)]
Some cosmetic updates.  Changed "OPTIONS" to "Options".
 -Erik

24 years agoMore doc updates
Eric Andersen [Tue, 4 Jul 2000 20:07:13 +0000 (20:07 -0000)]
More doc updates
 -Erik

24 years agoA first pass at integrating the SGML docs into the Makefile.
Eric Andersen [Tue, 4 Jul 2000 19:42:23 +0000 (19:42 -0000)]
A first pass at integrating the SGML docs into the Makefile.
A first pass a cleaning up the current SGML (lots more cleanup
is needed though).
 -Erik

24 years ago* Fix to init.c from Stuart Menefy <Stuart.Menefy@st.com> so that
Eric Andersen [Tue, 4 Jul 2000 19:41:23 +0000 (19:41 -0000)]
* Fix to init.c from Stuart Menefy <Stuart.Menefy@st.com> so that
    it always sets the controlling terminal before running any programs
 -Erik

24 years agoFixed a potential infinite loop. First delete any chars after the
Eric Andersen [Tue, 4 Jul 2000 06:22:18 +0000 (06:22 -0000)]
Fixed a potential infinite loop.  First delete any chars after the
cursor, then delete everything before it.  Before this, we would just
delete everything before the cursor and freak out if there were still
chars left (i.e. stuff after the cursor).
 -Erik

24 years agosh fixes from Marius Groeger <mag@sysgo.de>
Eric Andersen [Mon, 3 Jul 2000 23:56:26 +0000 (23:56 -0000)]
sh fixes from Marius Groeger <mag@sysgo.de>
 -Erik

24 years agoAdded support for ignoring '-g' per GNU ls, thanks to David Vrabel
Eric Andersen [Mon, 3 Jul 2000 14:55:49 +0000 (14:55 -0000)]
Added support for ignoring '-g' per GNU ls, thanks to David Vrabel
<dvrabel@arcom.co.uk>.  Seems some ftp clients expect the '-g' option
to exist.
 -Erik

24 years agoAdded support for being a login shell, so things like '-su' or '-sh' (stuff
Eric Andersen [Thu, 29 Jun 2000 20:20:14 +0000 (20:20 -0000)]
Added support for being a login shell, so things like '-su' or '-sh' (stuff
where argv[0][0]=='-') will now always invoke the shell.  Now you can use
BusyBox as a login shell.
 -Erik

24 years agoFixed comment.
Mark Whitley [Wed, 28 Jun 2000 22:59:30 +0000 (22:59 -0000)]
Fixed comment.

24 years agoAdded support for reading from stdin with '-' as file name arg.
Mark Whitley [Wed, 28 Jun 2000 22:55:59 +0000 (22:55 -0000)]
Added support for reading from stdin with '-' as file name arg.

24 years agoYanked out the cstring_alloc() and cstring_lineFromFile() functions from
Mark Whitley [Wed, 28 Jun 2000 22:15:26 +0000 (22:15 -0000)]
Yanked out the cstring_alloc() and cstring_lineFromFile() functions from
utility.c and replaced them with get_line_from_file() from the new grep.c.
Also changed declaration in internal.h and replaced instances of
cstring_lineFromFile() in dc.c and sort.c with get_line_from_file(). Tested
them and they worked fine.

24 years agoBrand, spankin', new grep that uses libc regex routines instead of the
Mark Whitley [Wed, 28 Jun 2000 22:00:26 +0000 (22:00 -0000)]
Brand, spankin', new grep that uses libc regex routines instead of the
hand-rolled ones. Sed still needs to be replaced and then the regexp stuff can
be axed.

24 years agoMoved some function decls, a struct, and a #define from regexp.h into here.
Mark Whitley [Wed, 28 Jun 2000 21:59:31 +0000 (21:59 -0000)]
Moved some function decls, a struct, and a #define from regexp.h into here.
Also static-ified said functions so they do not have namespace conflicts with
the libc regex functions.

24 years agoRemoved some function decls (regex, regcomp, etc.) and put them in regexp.c
Mark Whitley [Wed, 28 Jun 2000 21:58:31 +0000 (21:58 -0000)]
Removed some function decls (regex, regcomp, etc.) and put them in regexp.c

24 years agoBetter cross libc support.
Eric Andersen [Wed, 28 Jun 2000 20:11:28 +0000 (20:11 -0000)]
Better cross libc support.
 -Erik

24 years agoForgot -- targeted the wrong release.
Eric Andersen [Wed, 28 Jun 2000 17:07:19 +0000 (17:07 -0000)]
Forgot -- targeted the wrong release.
 -Erik

24 years ago* Fixed a _horrible_ bug where 'tar -tvf' could unlink
Eric Andersen [Wed, 28 Jun 2000 16:56:25 +0000 (16:56 -0000)]
* Fixed a _horrible_ bug where 'tar -tvf' could unlink
    local files!!!  Fix thanks to Marius Groeger <mgroeger@sysgo.de>
* Added support for "sh -c command args...", also thanks to
    Marius Groeger <mgroeger@sysgo.de>

 -Erik

24 years agoUpdates for the .deb
Eric Andersen [Wed, 28 Jun 2000 02:25:18 +0000 (02:25 -0000)]
Updates for the .deb
 -Erik

24 years ago= minor formatting issues
John Beppu [Wed, 28 Jun 2000 00:55:31 +0000 (00:55 -0000)]
= minor formatting issues

24 years ago+ busybox --install [-s]
John Beppu [Wed, 28 Jun 2000 00:41:26 +0000 (00:41 -0000)]
+ busybox --install [-s]
  is functional (but disabled in busybox.def.h by default)
  Someone email the guy who originally wanted this.

24 years agoRemove stuff now moved into the bug tracking system.
Eric Andersen [Tue, 27 Jun 2000 18:12:19 +0000 (18:12 -0000)]
Remove stuff now moved into the bug tracking system.
 -Erik

24 years ago+ s/int install_links/static int install_links/
John Beppu [Tue, 27 Jun 2000 07:54:33 +0000 (07:54 -0000)]
+ s/int install_links/static int install_links/

? Did you want "busybox --install" or "busybox install" ?
  The TODO and mailing-list conflict on this issue.
  I would recommend against "busybox install", because
  people might confuse it w/ /usr/bin/install that does
  something different.

24 years agoThis kernel patch is no longer needed, with the change I made to init
Eric Andersen [Tue, 27 Jun 2000 06:22:09 +0000 (06:22 -0000)]
This kernel patch is no longer needed, with the change I made to init
and free...
 -Erik

24 years ago+ littering my code w/ comments about what troubles me.
John Beppu [Tue, 27 Jun 2000 04:56:45 +0000 (04:56 -0000)]
+ littering my code w/ comments about what troubles me.

24 years ago+ busybox --install [-s]
John Beppu [Tue, 27 Jun 2000 04:50:02 +0000 (04:50 -0000)]
+ busybox --install [-s]
  is almost good to go.  Here is my work in progress.

+ Look at the FIXME in busybox.c
  to see what I need.  The actual (sym)linking is disabled
  for now, although I'm sure it works ;)
  (Am I going to have to dig through /proc to find
  out where the currently running busybox is sitting?)

+ I put an #ifdef BB_FEATURE_INSTALLER around
  the new bits of code in busybox.c, and I have a
  #define BB_FEATURE_INSTALLER in busybox.def.h
  towards the bottom.

24 years agoJust converted busybox.pod to busybox.sgml using the Pod::DocBook Perl module.
Mark Whitley [Mon, 26 Jun 2000 13:31:53 +0000 (13:31 -0000)]
Just converted busybox.pod to busybox.sgml using the Pod::DocBook Perl module.
The resulting file needs some massaging and once it gets presentable, I'll
edit the Makefile to use the SGML file as the "authoritative" file; the plan
here is to generate other file formats from the SGML.

24 years agoFixed segfault with 'cut -f 1 -d:' and added 'cut -s' suport.
Eric Andersen [Mon, 26 Jun 2000 12:14:30 +0000 (12:14 -0000)]
Fixed segfault with 'cut -f 1 -d:' and added 'cut -s' suport.
Fix thanks to Arne Bernin <arne@matrix.loopback.org>
 -Erik

24 years ago* Fixed insmod module option parsing for options lacking an '='.
Eric Andersen [Mon, 26 Jun 2000 11:16:22 +0000 (11:16 -0000)]
* Fixed insmod module option parsing for options lacking an '='.
    Fix thanks to Marc Nijdam <marc_nijdam@hp.com>
 -Erik

24 years agoreadlink(2) does not NULL terminate the buffer it reads in, but tar expected it
Eric Andersen [Mon, 26 Jun 2000 10:54:06 +0000 (10:54 -0000)]
readlink(2) does not NULL terminate the buffer it reads in, but tar expected it
to do so.  This caused symlinks stored in tarballs to likely have trailing
crap in the stored symlink named.  Oops.
 -Erik

24 years agoUpdates to handle Linux 2.4.0 kernels (kludged around the "none" entries in
Eric Andersen [Mon, 26 Jun 2000 10:45:52 +0000 (10:45 -0000)]
Updates to handle Linux 2.4.0 kernels (kludged around the "none" entries in
/proc/mounts, added a hack to make sysinfo work with both old and new kernels).
 -Erik

24 years agoBetter error checking in insmod. Remove left over %m's
Eric Andersen [Thu, 22 Jun 2000 18:19:31 +0000 (18:19 -0000)]
Better error checking in insmod.  Remove left over %m's
 -Erik

24 years agoMinor web page update. 0_45
Eric Andersen [Thu, 22 Jun 2000 01:27:11 +0000 (01:27 -0000)]
Minor web page update.
 -Erik

24 years agoFix version #
Eric Andersen [Thu, 22 Jun 2000 00:23:09 +0000 (00:23 -0000)]
Fix version #
 -Erik

24 years agoMore doc updates
Eric Andersen [Thu, 22 Jun 2000 00:19:33 +0000 (00:19 -0000)]
More doc updates
 -Erik

24 years agoMerged two TODO items into one
Mark Whitley [Thu, 22 Jun 2000 00:16:37 +0000 (00:16 -0000)]
Merged two TODO items into one

24 years agoUpdate the list.
Eric Andersen [Thu, 22 Jun 2000 00:04:12 +0000 (00:04 -0000)]
Update the list.
 -Erik

24 years agoPavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> just found a nasty memory
Eric Andersen [Thu, 22 Jun 2000 00:02:56 +0000 (00:02 -0000)]
Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> just found a nasty memory
corruption bug.  Disabling 'ln -n' till it is fixed.
 -Erik

24 years agoDocument 'ln --'
Eric Andersen [Wed, 21 Jun 2000 22:53:24 +0000 (22:53 -0000)]
Document 'ln --'
 -Erik

24 years agoCleaned up some #ifdef spiderwebs.
Mark Whitley [Wed, 21 Jun 2000 22:53:16 +0000 (22:53 -0000)]
Cleaned up some #ifdef spiderwebs.

24 years agoBump version number to 0.45
Eric Andersen [Wed, 21 Jun 2000 22:50:59 +0000 (22:50 -0000)]
Bump version number to 0.45
 -Erik

24 years agoAdded an implicit rule for #defining BB_FEATURE_USE_TERMIOS if
Mark Whitley [Wed, 21 Jun 2000 22:46:32 +0000 (22:46 -0000)]
Added an implicit rule for #defining BB_FEATURE_USE_TERMIOS if
BB_FEATURE_AUTOWIDTH is #defined.

24 years agoMore doc updates.
Eric Andersen [Wed, 21 Jun 2000 22:44:33 +0000 (22:44 -0000)]
More doc updates.
 -Erik

24 years agoWeb site updates.
Eric Andersen [Wed, 21 Jun 2000 22:43:07 +0000 (22:43 -0000)]
Web site updates.
 -Erik

24 years agoAdd in my little patch for 2.4.x to make sysinfo binary compatable (again)
Eric Andersen [Wed, 21 Jun 2000 22:06:56 +0000 (22:06 -0000)]
Add in my little patch for 2.4.x to make sysinfo binary compatable (again)
 -Erik

24 years agoDocumented "which"
Pavel Roskin [Wed, 21 Jun 2000 21:43:24 +0000 (21:43 -0000)]
Documented "which"

24 years agoRemoved trailing spaces
Pavel Roskin [Wed, 21 Jun 2000 21:38:00 +0000 (21:38 -0000)]
Removed trailing spaces

24 years agoAdd in telnet docs.
Eric Andersen [Wed, 21 Jun 2000 21:04:01 +0000 (21:04 -0000)]
Add in telnet docs.
 -Erik

24 years agoAdd insmod docs
Eric Andersen [Wed, 21 Jun 2000 21:03:13 +0000 (21:03 -0000)]
Add insmod docs
 -Erik

24 years agoUpdated the list of supported commands
Pavel Roskin [Wed, 21 Jun 2000 20:25:07 +0000 (20:25 -0000)]
Updated the list of supported commands

24 years agoRemoved all vestiges of "math"
Pavel Roskin [Wed, 21 Jun 2000 20:17:29 +0000 (20:17 -0000)]
Removed all vestiges of "math"

24 years ago+ added dc (aka the function formerly known as math)
John Beppu [Wed, 21 Jun 2000 19:06:16 +0000 (19:06 -0000)]
+ added dc (aka the function formerly known as math)
+ did all the housekeeping that this change requires.

24 years ago'tar --help' wasn't working. Fixed it.
Eric Andersen [Wed, 21 Jun 2000 18:37:36 +0000 (18:37 -0000)]
'tar --help' wasn't working.  Fixed it.
 -Erik

24 years ago+ made it so that you can use the mnemonics
John Beppu [Wed, 21 Jun 2000 18:00:46 +0000 (18:00 -0000)]
+ made it so that you can use the mnemonics
  (add, sub, mul, div) in lieu of (+, -, *, /)

24 years agoSpecial case the memcopy stuff so it isn't enabled for uclibc
Eric Andersen [Tue, 20 Jun 2000 21:04:03 +0000 (21:04 -0000)]
Special case the memcopy stuff so it isn't enabled for uclibc
 -Erik

24 years agoSome makefile fixes to allow compiling with ucLibc (stuff turned off
Eric Andersen [Tue, 20 Jun 2000 21:03:24 +0000 (21:03 -0000)]
Some makefile fixes to allow compiling with ucLibc (stuff turned off
by default of course).
 -Erik

24 years agoUpdated e-mail address of Pavel Roskin to proski@gnu.org
Pavel Roskin [Tue, 20 Jun 2000 00:11:07 +0000 (00:11 -0000)]
Updated e-mail address of Pavel Roskin to proski@gnu.org

24 years agoMention libc support, Pavel's rm fix is already merged.
Eric Andersen [Mon, 19 Jun 2000 20:19:04 +0000 (20:19 -0000)]
Mention libc support, Pavel's rm fix is already merged.
 -Erik

24 years agoFinish off the libc5 porting effort. Everything now works with libc5
Eric Andersen [Mon, 19 Jun 2000 20:03:48 +0000 (20:03 -0000)]
Finish off the libc5 porting effort.  Everything now works with libc5
except for md5sum, which uses the GNU libc addition getline().
 -Erik

24 years agoMade insmod work with both libc5 and libc6.
Eric Andersen [Mon, 19 Jun 2000 19:53:30 +0000 (19:53 -0000)]
Made insmod work with both libc5 and libc6.
 -Erik

24 years agoMade ping work with libc5 and libc6.
Eric Andersen [Mon, 19 Jun 2000 18:51:53 +0000 (18:51 -0000)]
Made ping work with libc5 and libc6.
 -Erik

24 years agoMake umount work and compile cleanly under libc5 and libc6.
Eric Andersen [Mon, 19 Jun 2000 18:38:51 +0000 (18:38 -0000)]
Make umount work and compile cleanly under libc5 and libc6.
 -Erik

24 years agoMake swaponoff compile cleanly under both libc5 and libc6.
Eric Andersen [Mon, 19 Jun 2000 18:25:49 +0000 (18:25 -0000)]
Make swaponoff compile cleanly under both libc5 and libc6.
 -Erik

24 years agoMake syslogd.c, init.c, and update.c compile error/warning free under both libc5...
Eric Andersen [Mon, 19 Jun 2000 18:14:20 +0000 (18:14 -0000)]
Make syslogd.c, init.c, and update.c compile error/warning free under both libc5 and libc6.
 -Erik

24 years agoprintf now compiles cleanly under both libc5 and libc6.
Eric Andersen [Mon, 19 Jun 2000 17:52:17 +0000 (17:52 -0000)]
printf now compiles cleanly under both libc5 and libc6.
 -Erik

24 years agoUpdated to compile and work with libc5.
Eric Andersen [Mon, 19 Jun 2000 17:48:02 +0000 (17:48 -0000)]
Updated to compile and work with libc5.
 -Erik

24 years agoUpdate internal.h to conditionally include asm/string.h
Eric Andersen [Mon, 19 Jun 2000 17:30:07 +0000 (17:30 -0000)]
Update internal.h to conditionally include asm/string.h
 -Erik

24 years agoUpdates to a number of apps to remove warnings/compile errors under libc5.
Eric Andersen [Mon, 19 Jun 2000 17:25:40 +0000 (17:25 -0000)]
Updates to a number of apps to remove warnings/compile errors under libc5.
Tested under both libc5 and libc6 and all seems well with these fixes.
 -Erik

24 years agoAdded a note to the "maybe by 0.44" list to prune sfdisk and graft fdisk.
Mark Whitley [Mon, 19 Jun 2000 17:03:32 +0000 (17:03 -0000)]
Added a note to the "maybe by 0.44" list to prune sfdisk and graft fdisk.

24 years agoFix a stupid bug, where I cleaned things as the last makefile target. duh.
Eric Andersen [Mon, 19 Jun 2000 09:29:32 +0000 (09:29 -0000)]
Fix a stupid bug, where I cleaned things as the last makefile target.  duh.
 -Erik

24 years agoAdded support for building debian packages.
Eric Andersen [Mon, 19 Jun 2000 09:21:34 +0000 (09:21 -0000)]
Added support for building debian packages.
 -Erik

24 years agoCheck for 3 and more arguments was incorrect
Pavel Roskin [Sun, 18 Jun 2000 00:02:24 +0000 (00:02 -0000)]
Check for 3 and more arguments was incorrect
It is only allowed for linking to a directory
But linking to a directory still fails and may be removed

24 years agoFix some spelling errors in the source as well.
Eric Andersen [Fri, 16 Jun 2000 19:57:44 +0000 (19:57 -0000)]
Fix some spelling errors in the source as well.
 -Erik

24 years agoRan it through a spell checker and fixed the spelling errors.
Eric Andersen [Fri, 16 Jun 2000 19:56:44 +0000 (19:56 -0000)]
Ran it through a spell checker and fixed the spelling errors.
 -Erik

24 years agoUpdate to ar.c from Glenn McGrath. His comments follow:
Eric Andersen [Fri, 16 Jun 2000 04:56:40 +0000 (04:56 -0000)]
Update to ar.c from Glenn McGrath.  His comments follow:

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the attached diff applies to the ar.c i originally submitted

Changes

Preserve dates now works.
Extracted files are set to the uid, gid and mode specified in the
archive.
Checks for valid end of header marker.
Correctly unpacks newer debian files. (has a '\n' character between
entries)
Added more comments.
Cleaned up code.
Added a last modified date to help keep track of versions.

TODO

Common functionality in ar.c are in tar.c should be merged, in
particular getOctal and extractSubFile.

Should all functions that are used by multiple file go in utilities.c ?

24 years agoAdded some comments and changed a variable name to be more meaningful. No
Mark Whitley [Fri, 16 Jun 2000 00:26:51 +0000 (00:26 -0000)]
Added some comments and changed a variable name to be more meaningful. No
fixes yet for the space bug, but should be coming soon.

24 years agoln: fixed command line parser. Added support for "--"
Pavel Roskin [Thu, 15 Jun 2000 18:04:40 +0000 (18:04 -0000)]
ln: fixed command line parser. Added support for "--"

24 years agoRemove trailing space char.
Eric Andersen [Wed, 14 Jun 2000 22:16:59 +0000 (22:16 -0000)]
Remove trailing space char.
 -Erik