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author Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
date Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:28:26 -0600
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35 functionality: bzcat/bunzip2, help, mke2fs, sh/toysh, mdev.</p> 35 functionality: bzcat/bunzip2, help, mke2fs, sh/toysh, mdev.</p>
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37 <p>The following are partially implemented commands that don't actually do 37 <p>The following are partially implemented commands that don't actually do
38 anything yet: mke2fs.</p> 38 anything yet: mke2fs.</p>
39 39
40 <p>Several toybox commands can do things other vesions can't. For example:</p>
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42 <p>The toybox "df" isn't confused by initramfs the way other df implementations
43 are. If initramfs is visible, df shows it like any other mount point.</p>
44
45 <p>The toybox "touch" command has a -l option to set the length of a file.
46 This can truncate a file, or create completely sparse files.</p>
40 47
41 <b><h3>Command Shell</h3></b> 48 <b><h3>Command Shell</h3></b>
42 <p>The Toybox Shell (toysh) aims to be a reasonable bash replacement. It 49 <p>The Toybox Shell (toysh) aims to be a reasonable bash replacement. It
43 implements the "sh" and "toysh" commands, plus the built-in commands "cd" and 50 implements the "sh" and "toysh" commands, plus the built-in commands "cd" and
44 "exit". This is the largest single sub-project in toybox.</p> 51 "exit". This is the largest single sub-project in toybox.</p>